Whitworth repeats as top Northwest
value in Kiplinger rankings
Whitworth moved up two spots, to No. 30, in Kiplinger's 2008 rankings of the 50 best private university values – a list that includes some of the most esteemed schools in the country. Whitworth repeated as the highest-rated Northwest school in the rankings, which are posted to the Kiplinger website and appeared in the April issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
For the second year in a row, the California Institute of Technology tops Kiplinger's ranking of best private university values, followed by Yale, Princeton, MIT and Rice. West Coast schools joining Whitworth in the top 50 are Stanford (No. 13), Gonzaga (No. 34), University of Southern California (No. 36), and Santa Clara (No. 37). To view the complete rankings, visit www.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges.
The magazine ranks the top 50 private universities and top 50 liberal-arts colleges and universities separately but based on the same criteria of academic quality and affordability, with academic quality accounting for two-thirds of the formula. Kiplinger Senior Associate Editor Jane Bennett Clark says Whitworth's high ranking can be attributed to its overall academic quality as well as to its relatively low cost and high percentage of non-need-based aid.
"Our exclusive rankings showcase a range of schools with strong academics, generous financial-aid policies and, in some cases, a decent price to begin with," Clark writes in the article that accompanies the rankings.
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