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For the second straight year ������Ƶ has ranked in the top 100 of the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges, 2011 Edition.” Of the nation’s 266 liberal arts colleges that emphasize undergraduate education, ������Ƶ has placed in the top tier at 99. This is the sixth straight year the college has ranked in the most prestigious group.

Only seven other liberal arts colleges in California are included in the first tier: Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Occidental, Pitzer and Thomas Aquinas Colleges.
������Ƶ is just one of three liberal arts colleges among the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities in the top 101, and the only one in California listed in the first tier. ������Ƶ moved into the third tier in 2000, into the second in 2003 and into the top tier in 2005.

Forbes magazine recently gave ������Ƶ a ranking of 81 out of all U.S. colleges and universities. Only 610 colleges made the list. ������Ƶ was in the top eight California colleges and universities with Stanford, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, UC Berkeley and UCLA. Princeton Review also named ������Ƶ one of the Best Western Colleges.

“I’m delighted that ������Ƶ continues to gain recognition for its excellence,” says Joyce Luy, dean of admission. “The rankings from Forbes and U.S. News reaffirm that ������Ƶ is one of the most selective and challenging Christian liberal arts colleges in the country.”

Luy encourages students, parents and counselors to make decisions on a variety of factors in addition to rankings.

“College-bound students should also consider community, spiritual life and a student’s relationships with faculty, which are important reasons why applicants decide to attend ������Ƶ,” Luy says.