The University of Mary Washington is included among the nation’s best-value colleges by both The Princeton Review and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. And UMW is recognized as one of the nation’s best public colleges overall by The Business Journals, placing in the top 75 four-year public institutions. The Princeton Review included UMW in its recently published Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In – 2015. The ranking considers academics, affordability, and graduates’ career prospects. The Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranking considers a university’s admission rate, percentage of students who return for sophomore year, student-faculty ratio, and four-year graduation rate. It also considers cost, availability of financial aid, and low average student debt at graduation. Kiplinger’s ranks UMW sixth among Virginia’s best values and 92nd out of 100 four-year public institutions nationwide. Mary Washington has consistently … [Read more...]