RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY LISTED BY KIPLINGER’S AS ONE OF 100 BEST VALUES IN PUBLIC COLLEGES
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(Mahwah) – Ramapo College of New Jersey was listed in the February 2008 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine as among the “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.”
The ranking process places an emphasis on strong academics, as well as great value, with academic quality carrying more weight than cost. Kiplinger’s looked at more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities in the country, using measures including the percentage of freshmen scoring 600 or higher on the verbal and math components of the SAT, student/faculty ratio and graduation rates. In addition, schools were ranked based on cost and financial aid, the average cost for a student with need after subtracting grants, the average cost for a student without need after subtracting non-need based grants, the average percentage of need met by aid and the average debt a student accumulates before graduation.
This is the third year in a row that
Ramapo
College
received the designation. Most of the schools that head Kiplinger’s rankings are larger institutions with 15,000 students or more. But a few smaller public colleges, such as
Ramapo
College
with its combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of about 5,700 students, stood out. Only 14 schools on the list are smaller than
Ramapo
College
.
N.J. State Legislature and the John Templeton Foundation
Ramapo College is designated as New Jersey's Public Liberal Arts College by the New Jersey State Legislature and is recognized by the John Templeton Foundation as one of America's "character-building colleges," because of its emphasis on service learning and student leadership. Ramapo College of New Jersey is the only college in the state to ever receive this designation.
More information about the John Templeton and Character Honor Roll
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