Our rankings reflect our commitment to mentored research, small classes, challenging academics with faculty mentors, and internship support
#2 Senior Capstone (U.S. News)
#5 Students Study the Most (Princeton Review)
#7 Lots of Race/Class Interaction (Princeton Review)
#8 Most Accessible Professors (Princeton Review)
#8 Best College Library (U.S. News)
#11 Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Private Schools) (Princeton Review)
#13 Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact (Private Schools) (Princeton Review)
#13 Best Classroom Experience (Princeton Review)
#13 Best Undergraduate Teaching (U.S. News)
#15 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects (U.S. News)
#17 Most International Students (U.S. News)
#18 Professors Get High Marks (Princeton Review)
#21 Best Career Services (Princeton Review)
#29 Most Innovative Schools (U.S. News)
#32 Best Colleges with No Application Fee in America (Niche.com)
#59 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America (Niche.com)
#65 First-Year Experiences (U.S. News)
#71 Best Value Schools (U.S. News)
#76 National Liberal Arts Colleges (U.S. News)
Nationally known as a best-value school
Princeton Review lists 悦色视频as a Best Value College
Kiplinger’s ranks 悦色视频one of its聽Best Value聽liberal arts colleges. According to editor Janet Bodnar, “Balancing top quality education with affordable cost is a challenge for families in today’s economy鈥he schools on the list offer students the best of both worlds.” Wooster’s generous financial aid, admissions selectivity, and graduation rates make it one of the nation’s best values.
Nationally recognized for undergraduate research opportunities
Since 2002, U.S. News聽has asked college presidents, provosts, and deans to nominate schools with outstanding undergraduate research opportunities and stellar senior capstone projects. Only two schools have been named to both lists every year: 悦色视频and Princeton.
Leads in preparing students for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields
悦色视频plays a critical role in preparing students for success in obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, with a particular significance for women and underrepresented minority STEM baccalaureate graduates. A 2019 report published by the Council of Independent Colleges and based on data from National Center for Education Statistics and National Science Foundation ranked public and private institutions based on an institutional-yield ratio that removes the impact of the size of the student body. 悦色视频ranks No. 33 in the top 100 U.S. institutions where STEM doctorate recipients earn bachelor鈥檚 degrees, and No. 21 for women doctoral recipients in STEM. 悦色视频also ranks in the top 50 among U.S. baccalaureate-origin institutions of women doctorate recipients in the areas of biological sciences (No. 47), chemistry (No. 3), life sciences (No. 42), and physical sciences (No. 6).
Highly regarded by education experts for the whole package: affordability, educational excellence, and great preparation for careers
Loren Pope, founder of聽Colleges That Change Lives, called 悦色视频 鈥渕y original best-kept secret in higher education鈥 can testify that there is no better college in the country.鈥
New York Times columnist Ron Lieber praises 悦色视频for its exceptional combination of quality faculty, affordability, and undergraduate research in his new book,聽The Price You Pay for College. Lieber devotes an entire chapter to answering聽How the College of 悦色视频Puts It All Together, highlighting Wooster鈥檚 up-front attitude in helping prospective students understand the financial package they will receive and the satisfaction students get from faculty mentorship.
In the largest-ever survey of 30,000 college graduates, Gallup聽found that having a mentor in college and working on a long-term project were two of the most powerful factors linked to having “great jobs and great lives” after graduation.
Students surveyed for The Princeton Review’s Best 387 Colleges say 悦色视频is, “a small, personable ‘tight-knit community’ that offers ‘a truly stellar education’ to those who attend. Mentoring is a huge focal point of Wooster鈥檚 academics, and the ‘resources are endless’ for those looking to take advantage of things like ‘numerous opportunities for research and internships.’ Independent study is a highlight of the undergraduate experience, and the school ‘teaches research and how to apply skills learned to the outside world.’” 悦色视频is ranked in the top 10 in their Most Accessible Professors and Students Study the Most lists, and also featured in Colleges That Pay You Back.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges says “Instead of teaching students what to think, the College of 悦色视频focuses on聽teaching students how to think. From the first courses of the freshman year seminar to the final day when seniors hand in their hard-won theses, the college paves each student鈥檚 path to independence鈥he one-to-one attention from faculty makes 悦色视频an intellectual refuge in the rural countryside of Ohio.”
In one of the newest set of U.S. college rankings, the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education placed 悦色视频among the top 20 percent of the 801 institutions it looked at nationally, and 25th out of 212 Midwest institutions. The WSJ/THE assessment 鈥減uts student success and learning at its heart,鈥 utilizing 15 performance indicators grouped into four pillar categories: resources, engagement, outcomes, and environment.