Magazine ranks Mizzou as a top university
Washington University and the University of Missouri-Columbia made the top 100 of a new “best universities” ranking released to rival the better-known U.S. News and World Report list.
Elite schools such as Harvard, Princeton and Washington University in St. Louis that traditionally get high marks from U.S. News — which measures selectivity, student grades, test scores, class sizes and graduation rates — did not fare as well in the new listing published by Washington Monthly magazine.
Washington University ranked 11th on the U.S. News list, but 45th on the rival list. MU ranked 85th on both lists.
Editors at Washington Monthly based their rankings on how a university benefits the country. They looked at community service, spending on research, and the institution’s contribution to social mobility by enrolling and graduating low-income students.
Other Missouri and Kansas schools and their ranks on the new list: University of Missouri-Rolla, 111; Kansas State University, 113; University of Kansas, 138; St. Louis University, 192; University of Missouri-Kansas City, 224; Wichita State University, 233; and University of Missouri-St. Louis, 238.
Ranked separately among 202 liberal arts colleges were Stephens College, 84; William Jewell College, 186; and Westminster, 195.
