Quinnipiac University has once again been named among the nation's best universities providing a full range of undergraduate and master's level programs in U.S. News & World Report's 2012 America's Best Colleges issue.

Quinnipiac ranked 11th out of northern universities offering undergraduate and master-level programs. The exclusive rankings include rankings of more than 1,600 schools nationwide. The results will be published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Quinnipiac ranked second in the northern region in U.S. News' Up-and-Coming Schools category.

The U.S. News ranking system rests on two pillars. It relies on quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality, and it is based on its nonpartisan view of what matters in education.

U.S. News gathers data from each college on up to 16 indicators of academic excellence. Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects the magazine's judgment about how much a measure matters. Finally, the colleges in each category are ranked against their peers, based on their composite weighted score.

In its methodology, U.S. News considers academic reputation, retention, student-to-faculty ratios, student selectivity and alumni giving rate, among other factors.

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Other Honors

School of Business one of Businessweek's 'Top 100 Undergraduate Business Schools'

Quinnipiac's School of Business was named as one of Bloomberg Businessweek's "Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2012.

"Businessweek's Top 100 is a sign of a high quality business education and an important information source for prospective students and recruiters," said Matt O'Connor, dean of the School of Business. Quinnipiac was ranked 72 out of 142 participating schools on the prestigious list.
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Quinnipiac featured in 2012 edition of "Fiske Guide to Colleges"

The University was included in the 2012 edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges, which features more than 300 of the country's best and most interesting colleges and universities. The guide offers a subjective presentation rather than a statistical one, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each institution in terms of academics, social life and overall quality of life.
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Quinnipiac featured in 2012 edition of the Princeton Review guide "Best 376 Colleges"

Only about 15 percent of the four-year colleges in the U.S. plus three colleges outside the U.S. were chosen for the book. "We commend Quinnipiac for its outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our selection of schools for the book," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president/publishing. "Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback we gather from students attending the schools, and the opinions of our staff and our 28-member National College Counselor Advisory Board.
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Quinnipiac one of the "Best in the Northeast"

Quinnipiac is one of the best colleges in the Northeast according to the The Princeton Review. It is one of 220 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the Northeast" section of its Web site feature, "2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region," posted in August 2011 on PrincetonReview.com.
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Quinnipiac featured in 2012 edition of "Best 294 Business Schools"

Quinnipiac University's School of Business is among the top business schools in the country, according to The Princeton Review. Quinnipiac's School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. "This is additional evidence of the very high quality of business education offered at Quinnipiac and one more accolade of recognition for the school," said Matt O'Connor, dean of the School of Business. "Most important is the acknowledgement by our students of the positive and supportive experiences they have while pursuing their MBA degrees. This tells us we are achieving our goals of putting students first."
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Quinnipiac named one of America's Top Colleges by Forbes
Quinnipiac University was included in Forbes' annual ranking of the 650 best undergraduate institutions in the U.S. The rankings, which were released in August 2011, are prepared exclusively for Forbes by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington, D.C. think tank founded by Ohio University economist Richard Vedder.
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Quinnipiac named to Kiplinger's list of "Best Values in Private Colleges"
The University has been included on Kiplinger's list of "Best Values in Private Colleges," which was released in October 2010. The rankings measure academic quality and affordability, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the total. Kiplinger's uses data provided by Peterson's and then adds its own reporting.
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Quinnipiac included in 2010-2011 edition of "Colleges of Distinction"
The University was included in the 2010-2011 edition of "Colleges of Distinction" guidebook. Approximately 40 colleges in each of the six geographical regions in the U.S. were selected as meeting the guidebook's four key criteria: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities and successful outcomes. These institutions are the "hidden gems" of higher education--as determined by a review board of academicians, guidance counselors and parents.
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