University ranks as top value college
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WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg University was ranked a top value college in an outcome-based college rankings index compiled by Educate To Career for the second consecutive year.
The university ranked 104 out of the 1,224 schools listed in the nationwide index for 2015. Included in the ranking are more than 1,200 accredited four-year colleges with annual enrollments greater than 1,000 students, representing 94 percent of all students enrolled in four-year colleges.
“We feel that the colleges scoring in the top one-third of our index, number 1 through number 408, are doing a very good job on behalf of their students,” said Michael R. Havis, ETC president and founder.
According to ETC, colleges in the top third of the ETC Index have a relatively high percentage of graduates employed in their field of study. In addition, a majority of students graduate in four or five years and loan default rates are low.
“The ETC College Rankings Index measures the improvement in employability and earnings that a particular college brings to its graduates, relative to students similarly situated at other colleges,” said Havis. “Students and parents are focused on the value added by going to a particular college and pursuing a specific area of study.”
Waynesburg University’s career path analysis report states 97 percent of 2013 graduates reported working full time or attending graduate school within one year of graduation. Additionally, according to the federal government’s College Scorecard, the loan default rate for graduates is 4.5 percent, which is lower than the national average of 14.7 percent.
The ETC Index analyzes the quality of students when they enter a given college, the total costs related to attending the college and the outcomes of the students when they enter the labor market. The rankings results are determined by which schools did the best job of improving the earnings and attainment of quality employment of their students, according to a description of the index on the group’s website.
The full ETC College Ranking Index can be found at www.educatetocareer.org.