U.s. news world report best colleges 2013 edition

Five Wisconsin schools grabbed Top 10 rankings in the U. The University of Wisconsin-Madison tied for 10th among public institutions. UW-La Crosse ranked No. Alverno is the only Wisconsin college to receive recognition in the three-year history of the "strong commitment to teaching" category. While UW-Madison again placed 10th among public institutions, it improved this year in its ranking among national doctoral universities, tying for 41st compared with 42nd last year. UW-Madison's undergraduate experience received special recogntion.

Peers nominated institutions with strong programs in certain academic service areas. Alverno also was recognized for its first-year experience program, learning communities and senior capstone. UW-Madison's academic reputation, which takes into account perceptions from peers and high school counselors, ranked 26th overall and sixth among public institutions, compared to 30th and seventh, respectively, last year.

UW-Eau Claire is one of 37regional Midwestern universities that earned kudos as "A-Plus Schools for B Students," where "nonsuperstars have a decent shot at being accepted and thriving -- where spirit and hard work could make all the difference in admissions offices," according to the category description.

UW-Eau Claire's regional ranking encompasses schools in 12 states stretching from the Dakotas in the west to Missouri in the south and Ohio in the east. And yet college rankings that attempt to make serious judgments about the faith environment at various schools are surprisingly scarce. Mainstream list-makers like Forbes will occasionally publish online rankings in which they collect the religious schools on their lists and then use their existing data to rank them, or count the number of self-professed religious students at the schools on their lists.

The result is deeply subjective, but then again, most of these lists are, and the magazine is at least attempting to capture qualities important to students who want to nurture their faith as well as their intellect at college.

If you are the kind of person who reads First Things , you are likely to find their list at least worth considering. The top spot is occupied Wheaton College, my evangelical alma mater in Illinois; Thomas Aquinas, a Catholic college in California, is at no. If these categories sound ludicrous, they are probably not for you. To a significant minority of college shoppers, though, these are reasonable things to consider, and useful things to rank.

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Many of the schools, like Dartmouth and Princeton, were also in the top 10 ranking for best national universities from U. According to U. News, the ranking is based on a survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs in spring , and "all the schools on these lists are ones that received the most votes from top college administrators for paying a particular focus on undergraduate teaching. Check out the list below for the schools in the top 12 and head over to U.

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