A
new
round
of
college
rankings
shows
Baldwin
Wallace
University
moving
up
and
standing
out
as
an
innovative,
best
value
college
that
drives
social
mobility
with
superior
teaching.
In
BW's
26th
year
among
"America's
Best
Colleges,"
a
report
produced
by
U.S.
News,
BW
rose
to
#10
on
the
"Best
in
the
Midwest"
list
and
was
highly
ranked
in
a
number
of
other
Midwest
categories.
U.S.
News
pegged
BW
as
#4
among
"Innovative
Schools,"
#5
for
"Best
Value,"
#6
for
"Best
Undergraduate
Teaching"
and
#7
as
"Best
for
Veterans."
Boost
on
the
ladder
of
success
U.S.
News
also
recognized
BW
on
a
new
"Social
Mobility"
list
that
measures
a
school's
success
in
graduating
lower
income
students
who
receive
federal
Pell
Grant
support.
Washington
Monthly
recently
isolated
a
similar
set
of
"social
mobility
metrics"
to
create
its
"America's
Best
Bang
for
the
Buck
Colleges"
list.
The
magazine
explained
that
schools
on
the
list,
including
BW,
were
ranked
according
to
"how
well
they
help
non-wealthy
students
attain
marketable
degrees
at
affordable
prices."
Quality
and
Value
The
value
of
a
BW
education
also
landed
the
University
among
Forbes
and
Money
Magazine's
"Top
Colleges,"
and
on
Kiplinger's
"Best
College
Values"
list,
which
only
features
schools
that
offer
"a
high-quality
education
at
an
affordable
price."
Forbes
says
the
schools
it
recognizes
"deliver
the
top
academics,
best
experiences,
career
success
and
lowest
debt,"
while
Money
"weighs
more
than
19,000
data
points,
including
tuition
fees,
family
borrowing,
and
career
earnings"
to
build
a
database
of
"high-value
colleges."
Kiplinger's
notes,
"Our
rankings
now
compare
the
average
first-year
financial
aid
award
to
that
of
all
undergraduates,
rewarding
schools
that
avoid
giving
generous
aid
packages
to
incoming
students
only
to
reduce
them
in
subsequent
years."
Innovation
and
teaching
Again
this
year,
Princeton
Review
named
BW
among
the
"academically
outstanding"
schools
that
are
"Best
Midwestern
Colleges."
At
the
heart
of
outstanding
academics
are
BW's
teaching
faculty
mentors.
In
compiling
its
"Best
Undergraduate
Teaching"
list,
U.S.
News
affirmed
excellence
in
the
classroom
through
peer
surveys.
"Research
shows
the
greater
access
students
have
to
quality
instructors,
the
more
engaged
they
will
be
in
class
and
the
more
they
will
learn
and
likely
graduate,"
the
magazine
explains.
Peer
surveys
also
determined
U.S.
News'
new
"Innovative
Schools"
list,
which
features
universities
"that
are
making
the
most
innovative
improvements
in
terms
of
curriculum,
faculty,
students,
campus
life,
technology
or
facilities."
"Cool
Schools"
for
Sustainability
A
variety
of
individual
programs
at
BW
also
received
national
recognition
throughout
the
year.
Earlier
this
month,
the
Sierra
Club
included
BW
on
its
2019
"Cool
Schools"
list,
which
is
based
on
BW's
Silver
"STARS"
sustainability
rating,
a
reporting
and
ranking
system
administered
by
the
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Sustainability
in
Higher
Education.
