Vaughn Excels in Social Mobility and Best Value; Moves Up more than 50 spots in the Engineering 2025 Regional North Rankings
QUEENS, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Flushing, New York (September 24, 2024)— Vaughn College has once again been recognized in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the best colleges in the Regional North category. Vaughn earned spots in multiple categories including #3 for "Social Mobility" and #14 for "Best Value Schools." Vaughn continues to be recognized as a "Best Colleges for Veterans" at #13 and very notably, climbed 53 spots in the "Best Undergraduate Engineering" program category.
"These findings underscore the tireless efforts of our faculty and staff to provide a transformative education for our students that provides them with highly employable, strong career paths," said Vaughn College President Dr. Sharon B. DeVivo. "Vaughn's consistent improvement in these rankings, including in the engineering discipline, is a testament to our dedication to offering a high-quality, affordable education that prepares students for a lifetime of success."
The top mobility and best value rankings reinforce the findings of a study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, reported in The New York Times, recognizing Vaughn as the number one institution in the country in economic mobility—the best at moving students from the bottom in income levels to the top.
U.S. News & World Report began its annual rankings of American colleges and universities in 1983. To calculate the rankings, U.S. News focuses on academic quality and places emphasis on outcome measures– including graduation rates, retention rates, graduate indebtedness and social mobility. Outcomes are the mostly highly weighted ranking factor, contributing 40% to each school's overall score. See the entire U.S. News & World Report ranking online here.
VAUGHN COLLEGE: Founded in 1932, Vaughn College is a private, nonprofit four-year college that enrolls more than 1,300 students in master's, bachelor's and associate degree programs in engineering, technology, management and aviation on its main campus in New York City and online. The student-faculty ratio of 14 to 1 ensures a highly personalized learning environment. Ninety-eight percent of Vaughn College graduates, 78 percent in their field of study, are employed in professional positions or choose to continue their education within one year of graduation. The institution serves many first-generation college students and is recognized by the US Department of Education as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. In a study conducted by The Equality of Opportunity Project, and reported in The New York Times, Vaughn was ranked number one in upward mobility nationwide. For more information on Vaughn College, please visit http://www.vaughn.edu.
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