Marietta appears in Forbes.com rankings for 12th consecutive year
All 650 ranked schools considered among the best in the U.S.
Marietta, Ohio (09/06/2019) — Marietta College has once again been recognized among "America's Top Colleges," in an annual report published by Forbes.com.
Of the approximately 4,300 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States, Forbes ranks 650 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide and how much their students achieve.
Marietta ranks 536th overall, while also ranking 128th among all Midwest colleges and 21st in Ohio. The College is ranked as the 97th in the Best Small Colleges category, 174th in the Best Liberal Arts Universities and the 342nd in the Best Private Colleges category.
Now in its 12th year, Forbes Top Colleges ranking has always placed its focus solely on the direct benefits a college or university provides students. To calculate this year's list, Forbes used the following metrics: post-graduate success (35 percent), debt (20 percent), student experience (20 percent), graduation rate (12.5 percent) and academic success (12.5 percent).
Read more about Forbes Magazine's "America's Top Colleges" list at www.forbes.com/top-colleges. To read more about Marietta College, www.forbes.com/colleges/marietta-college/.
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.
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