{"id":2080,"date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2015\/09\/transylvania-makes-u-s-news-world-report-top-liberal-arts-colleges-list-2\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:55:59","slug":"transylvania-makes-u-s-news-world-report-top-liberal-arts-colleges-list-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2015\/09\/transylvania-makes-u-s-news-world-report-top-liberal-arts-colleges-list-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania makes U.S. News &#038; World Report top liberal arts colleges list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University earned a spot among the nation\u2019s top liberal arts colleges in a U.S. News &#038; World Report list released today.<\/p>\n<p>Transylvania ranked among the country\u2019s best 100 liberal arts schools for a variety of reasons, including its excellent faculty, acceptance rate, alumni giving, financial resources and high school counselor ratings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ranking once again reinforces Transylvania\u2019s standing as a top-tier U.S. liberal arts school,\u201d President Seamus Carey said. \u201cOur students learn from dedicated, engaging professors. And they benefit from living in the heart of a vibrant city\u2014which sets us apart from most of the nation\u2019s top liberal arts colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. News &#038; World Report ranking is one of many tools students and parents use when choosing a college. Other factors they may consider when deciding on Transylvania include our three new residence halls opening this fall and next year, other major building\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/transybuilds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improvements<\/a>\u00a0to campus, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.transy.edu\/news\/arch_story.htm?id=1006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">test-optional<\/a>\u00a0admissions policy and an innovative\u00a0<a href=\"\/campus\/august-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August term<\/a>\u00a0for our first-year students to acclimate to college life.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s U.S. News &#038; World Report\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-colleges\/transylvania-university-1987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranking<\/a>\u2014which placed Transylvania 82nd out of the nation\u2019s 245 liberal arts schools\u2014comes on the heels of two other strong showings.<\/p>\n<p>The Princeton Review listed Transylvania University among the top 15 percent of the nation\u2019s four-year colleges because of superior academics. And the Washington Monthly highlighted the school\u2019s value, listing the university in the top 14 percent of the Best Bang for the Buck Colleges in the South ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University earned a spot among the nation\u2019s top liberal arts colleges in a U.S. News &#038; World Report list released today. Transylvania ranked among the country\u2019s best 100 liberal arts schools for a variety of reasons, including its excellent faculty, acceptance rate, alumni giving, financial resources and high school counselor ratings. \u201cThis ranking once again reinforces Transylvania\u2019s standing as a top-tier U.S. liberal arts school,\u201d President Seamus Carey said. \u201cOur students learn from dedicated, engaging professors. And they benefit from living in the heart of a vibrant city\u2014which sets us apart from most of the nation\u2019s top liberal arts colleges.\u201d The U.S. News &#038; World Report ranking is one of many tools students and parents use when choosing a college. Other factors they may consider when deciding on Transylvania include our three new residence halls opening this fall and next year, other major building\u00a0improvements\u00a0to campus, a\u00a0test-optional\u00a0admissions policy and an innovative\u00a0August term\u00a0for our first-year students to acclimate to college life. Today\u2019s U.S. News &#038; World Report\u00a0ranking\u2014which placed Transylvania 82nd out of the nation\u2019s 245 liberal arts schools\u2014comes on the heels of two other strong showings. The Princeton Review listed Transylvania University among the top 15 percent of the nation\u2019s four-year colleges because of superior academics. And the Washington Monthly highlighted the school\u2019s value, listing the university in the top 14 percent of the Best Bang for the Buck Colleges in the South ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[38],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rankings","tag-seamus-carey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transylvania makes U.S. News &amp; 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