Marietta College featured in Washington Monthly rankings

by Tom Perry

Marietta, Ohio (09/08/2020) — Marietta College has placed 62nd in a national ranking of colleges and universities across the United States in regards to an institution's contribution to the public good.

The Washington Monthly 2020 College Guide and Rankings assess institutions based on social mobility (graduation rate, first-generation performance, net price rank), research (expenditures and bachelors to Ph.D.) and promoting public service (encouraging students to give back to their country).

The survey considers universities' predicted and actual graduation rates; the percentage of low-income students receiving federal aid; the percentage of all students who join the Peace Corps or ROTC, or engage in other community service; and the number of faculty receiving significant awards and elected to the national academies.

The top five in the Bachelor's College Rankings were College of the Ozarks (Missouri), Cooper Union (New York), Hiram College, Ohio Northern University and Goshen College (Indiana).

Marietta also ranked No. 250 in Washington Monthly's Best Bang for the Buck in the Midwest.

Regardless of methodology, Marietta has consistently placed among the best colleges and universities in regional and national rankings for more than 35 years.

Complete rankings: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide.

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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