Wright State University nationally ranked and honored

Recognition of Wright State University's success is increasing every year among the national rankings reports used by families to evaluate and make their college choices.

Wright State has landed on every significant list published annually for college-bound students by national magazines.
 

One of Nation's Top Disability-Friendly Schools, College Success for Students with Physical Disabilities

According to College Success for Students with Physical Disabilities by Chris Wise Tiedemann, Wright State and four other schools go above and beyond the rest in making independent living possible, offering the most supportive environments for students with serious physical disabilities to live on campus.

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Honored by National Survey of Student Engagement

With support from the Spencer Foundation, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is studying institutions with patterns of improved performance over several years on measures of effective educational practice. Out of 563 institutions with sufficient multi-year data, 120 identified as having improvement trends were invited to respond to a short questionnaire about the observed changes. Based in part on its improvement on a wide range of measures, Wright State University was one of the eight institutions selected for detailed site visits to gain an in-depth understanding of how they affect positive change.

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Top Ten Community Service Universities, The Washington Monthly

Wright State University has been named to a top ten list of universities for community service according to The Washington Monthly.

Specifically citing the We Serve U program, which encourages staff to contribute time and skills to community service projects, Wright State was ranked eighth in the country.

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"2011 Top Part-Time MBA Programs," Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Wright State University’s part-time MBA program has been recognized in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Top Part-Time MBA Programs for 2011. The national ranking survey considers separate measures of student satisfaction, academic quality and post-graduation outcomes.

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"2011 Top Engineering Schools," U.S. News and World Report

Wright State University has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 Top Engineering Schools list. The College of Engineering and Computer Science came in at No. 129 out of 198 engineering schools. The report noted that the engineering school has about 580 students, and costs about $11,300 for in-state and $21,000 for out-of-state tuition.

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"America's Best Colleges," U.S. News and World Report

For the third year in a row, Wright State is among 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report.

The exclusive "America's Best Colleges" edition features the established rankings of the Best National Universities, Best Liberal Arts Colleges, and Best Historically Black Colleges, among other lists. The key factors used to measure quality are: peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving, and graduation rate performance.

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"America's Best Colleges," Forbes

Forbes magazine ranked Wright State as the leading four-year institution in the Dayton area in its "America's Best Colleges" rankings.

Forbes' second-annual list, compiled with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, ranked the top 15 percent of more than 4,000 undergraduate institutions in the nation from the students' point-of-view.

Rankings were based on a variety of factors, including student satisfaction with instruction, post-graduate employment success, the likelihood of graduating within four years and the average amount of student loan debt.

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"Best in the Midwest," The Princeton Review

For the fourth year in a row, Wright State was named among one of the "Best in the Midwest" colleges by The Princeton Review, which cited the school’s challenging academic experience and personal attention to students.

In its annual college ratings, the education services company listed Wright State in its 2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region. It took into account colleges’ academic programs and what the students attending the schools reported about their experiences.

The Princeton Review's special annual issue Best Colleges: Region by Region focuses on 623 of the best colleges in four regions: the Northeast, West, Southeast and Midwest. Academics, quality of life and extracurricular activities were among the categories included in the unbiased and uncensored survey given to students and their parents.

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"The Best 294 Business Schools," The Princeton Review

Wright State University's Raj Soin College of Business has been named one of "The Best 294 Business Schools" according to The Princeton Review's 2012 report on business schools.

"Being included in this year’s edition of the 'Best 294 Business Schools,' plus the recognition our students consistently achieve in numerous national case competitions, once again underscores the quality reputation of our business program," said Berkwood Farmer, dean of the Raj Soin College of Business.

The Princeton Review compiled the lists based on its surveys of 19,000 students attending the 294 business schools in the book, and on school-reported data.

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President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

For the third consecutive year, Wright State University has been named to the 2011 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

The award is a collaborative effort of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education.

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"Military Friendly School," G.I. Jobs magazine

Wright State University has been named a "Military Friendly School" for the third consecutive year in 2012 by G.I .Jobs magazine in recognition of the support the university provides for student veterans and students in the military.

The magazine's Guide to Military Friendly Schools honors the top 15 percent of more than 7,000 colleges, universities, and trade schools for doing the most to help America’s veterans as students.

Veterans receiving new GI Bill benefits can also take advantage of Ohio's new policy enabling veterans to pay in-state tuition fees, no matter where they are from.

Wright State has among the lowest tuition rates of public universities in Ohio.

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"Military Friendly School," Military Advanced Education

  Wright State is piling up honors for going the extra mile to accommodate veterans and those in the military who are enrolled at the university.

Military Advanced Education magazine recognized Wright State for the second consecutive year as a military-friendly campus.

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About Wright State

In 2010–11, Wright State offered 91 undergraduate degree programs and 76 graduate and professional programs. A suburban research university that offers one of the lowest tuition rates in Ohio, Wright State is home to more than 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students and saw nearly $75 million in research awards in 2009. The school located in Dayton, Ohio, has awarded more than 91,500 degrees.