ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is recognized for connecting students and faculty members, challenging academics, promoting critical thinking and applying knowledge in real world situations.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ earns its highest marks in student engagement in the 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ ranks #106 ranking in student engagement among 968 four-year colleges and universities.
This is the third year that the Wall Street Journal and London-based Times Higher Education have collaborated on U.S. college rankings that are described as an answer “to questions that matter the most to students and their families: How likely am I to graduate, pay off my loans and get a good job? Does the college have plenty of resources to teach me properly? Will I be engaged and stretched in the classroom and get good access to my teachers? Is there a diverse campus community?”
The study is based on 15 performance indicators related to academic resources, graduation rate, student-faculty ratio, academic reputation, faculty publishing, alumni salaries and other factors.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ earns an overall national ranking of #178, with strongest scores in factors related to student engagement in their studies. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students responding to a survey gave high marks to the ways that their studies promote critical thinking and applying their knowledge in real-world situations. They also rate ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ high for challenging academics and close collaboration with their professors and peers.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s overall national ranking compared with other North Carolina institutions:
7 Duke University
37 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
57 Davidson College
62 Wake Forest University
135 North Carolina State University
178 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
414 Campbell University
427 Queens University
500 East Carolina University
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Guilford College
High Point University
Meredith College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Salem College
Wingate University