Saint Mary’s ranked by U.S. News, Forbes and Princeton

• U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges has ranked Saint Mary’s in its “Best National Universities” survey for 2010. The annual listing of more than 1,400 schools is available online at www.usnews.com.

Saint Mary’s is ranked in the third tier of the 262-school U.S. News “National Universities” category. The third tier includes schools ranked 134 through 190 and is not ranked numerically.

The “National Universities” category includes 164 public and 98 private institutions from across the U.S. that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees.

• Forbes.com’s 2009 list of “America’s Best Colleges” ranks Saint Mary’s as No. 230 out of 600 of “the best public and private colleges and universities —from the student's point of view.”

The second-annual ranking of “America's Best Colleges,” compiled by Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, ranks 600 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve.

The list can be found at www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html.

• Saint Mary’s University is one of 158 schools receiving the “Best in the Midwest” designation for 2010 from the Princeton Review, a national college guide and ranking program.

Each year, the Princeton Review profiles colleges and universities that “stand out as academically excellent institutions of higher learning.” The Princeton Review survey asks students to rate their own schools on several issues — from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food — and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life.

The 639 colleges named regional bests (217 in the Northeast, 141 in the Southeast, 158 in the Midwest, and 123 in the West) represent only about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.

For more information, go to www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx.