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America’s 100 Best College Buys®
America's Best Christian Colleges® America's Best Private Colleges® America's Best College Buys® America's Best Technical Colleges® America's Best College Scholarships® |
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| Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. is an independent research and consulting organization specializing in the recruiting and retention of students for institutions of higher education. Consistent with its mission, and as a guide by which institutions may be compared, IR&E, Inc. identifies the American colleges and universities providing students the very best opportunities in higher education. Exceptional institutions are eligible to use designations on the basis of merit. | ||
| Between April 1 and July 31 of each year IR&E. Inc. conducts a national survey. The survey form is submitted to the offices of the directors of admissions at approximately 1,450 accredited U.S. colleges and universities offering four-year undergraduate degree programs and which provide facilities for both room and board. Tabulation of the results of this annual survey determines the final national academic profiles for eligibility to use the designations. A copy of the survey form is included on this website. Institutions of higher education are encouraged to make a submission. |
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| America's 100 Best College Buys® identifies those colleges and universities that: * are accredited, four-year institutions offering bachelor degrees. * offer full residential facilities including residence halls and dining services. * had their most recent entering freshman class reporting a high school grade point average (GPA) and/or SAT/ACT score equal to or above the national average for entering college freshmen. * have an out-of-state cost of attendance for three quarters or two semesters below the national average cost of tuition, fees, room and board or not exceeding the national average cost by more than ten percent. |
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| America's Best Christian Colleges® identifies those colleges and universities that: * are accredited, four-year institutions offering bachelor degrees. * offer full residential facilities including residence halls and dining services. * had their most recent entering freshman class reporting a high school grade point average (GPA) and/or SAT/ACT score equal to or above the national average for all freshmen entering Christian institutions of higher education. * are affiliated with a recognized Christian denomination, or claim current or historical association with, or are governed directly by a recognized Christian denomination, or are an interdenominational institution providing an educational experience incorporating basic Christian principles and beliefs into the instructional curriculum and/or social environment. |
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| America's Best Private Colleges® identifies those colleges and universities that: * are accredited, privately supported, four-year institutions offering bachelor degrees. * offer full residential facilities including residence halls and dining services. * had their most recent entering freshman class reporting a high school grade point average (GPA) and/or SAT/ACT score equal to or above the national average for freshmen entering private institutions of higher education. |
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| America’s Best College Buys® identifies those colleges and universities that: * are accredited, not-for-profit, four-year institutions offering bachelor degrees. * offer full residential facilities including residence halls and dining services. * have a cost of attendance for three quarters or two semesters below the national average cost of tuition, fees, room and board or not exceeding the national average cost by more than ten percent. |
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| America’s Best Technical Colleges® is based upon a student loan default rate below the national average for institutions within their classification for certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Programs compiled by the U.S. Department of Education. |
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| America's Best College Scholarships® identifies those accredited colleges and universities providing facilities for room and board that offer merit-based scholarships meeting all of the following requirements: * available to qualified, incoming, full-time freshmen, male or female. * academic (merit) based, only. Not subject to financial need. * not repayable in money or by performance of mandatory service. * renewable, upon meeting established requirements, for a total enrollment period of at least eight semesters or twelve quarters. * the dollar value must be equal to at least 50% of the annual cost of attendance for out-of-state students at public institutions or the regular cost of attendance at a private institution, inclusive of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board. * not subject to residency requirements of any particular city, state, region, service area or employment, avocation, association membership or military service of the applicant or applicant's family members. * available to applicants who are U.S. citizens without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex or national origin and not directed to applicants of any identifiable or designated group including any particular socio-economic, nationalistic, ethnic or handicapped group. * administered by the institution and derived from institutional funds or endowments or from outside private foundation or corporate sources not related directly or indirectly to any local, state or federal governments. |
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