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William & Mary is one of the top values in the nation, according to a report released by the Princeton Review this morning.

The university ranks fourth among public colleges and universities in the report, which looks at academic excellence, cost, financial aid and other factors at 150 universities and colleges across the country. The ranking was featured on the Today show this morning. William & Mary ranked sixth among public universities in the same listing last year.

The announcement comes just about a month after Kiplinger’s Personal Finance also lauded William & Mary for its value. At the end of December 2012, the magazine listed William & Mary fourth among its list of top 100 American public colleges and universities that combine “outstanding education and economic value.” It was the fourth year in a row that William & Mary was listed as the fourth in the country.

Although today’s Princeton Review report, which is produced in partnership with USA Today, does not rank the schools one through 150, it does include top 10 lists for the 75 schools in both the public and private categories. The remaining schools are listed in alphabetical order. The institutions that appear on the list were selected from 650 colleges where the Princeton Review conducted institutional and student surveys in 2011-12.

The University of Virginia topped the list of public colleges, followed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and New College of Florida.

A link to the Princeton Review rankings can be found HERE.

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For the third year in a row, U-Va. was at the top of the The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Best Value Colleges list. The University of Richmond, Virginia Tech, William and Mary and James Madison University also made the list this year.

The College of William & Mary ranked No. 7 on the list, while James Madison University and Virginia Tech were listed in the nation’s top 50. The University of Richmond was ranked in the top 50 best value for private colleges.

“This national recognition of these outstanding universities and their efforts to make higher education more accessible and affordable is a great building block toward making Virginia one of the most highly educated states in the nation,” Gov. Bob McDonnell said in a statement. “Having five colleges and universities named to this prestigious list reinforces that the commonwealth is a national leader for higher education.”

The Princeton Review ranking is based on criteria covering academics, cost of attendance and financial aid, according to Princeton Review officials.

To see the complete list, visit http://www.princetonreview.com/best-value-colleges.aspx

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Forbes has released its 2010 list of the best colleges in America –.

And the best college in America ?  not Harvard or Princeton, but tiny liberal arts school Williams.

Forbes based their rankings on research by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity. According to a report on their methodology, the Center used 11 factors to determine the rankings, and the largest being graduate success rate. They also looked at average graduate salary, student satisfaction and graduation rate, number of alumni who become corporate officers, student retention rates, average student debt, student evaluations of classes, and college quality vs. cost

 see their full list of 610 colleges here.

Three Virginia schools are among the top 50 colleges on the list: Washington & Lee University, No. 37; the University of Virginia, No. 44; and the College of William & Mary, No. 46.

Another three Virginia colleges were in the top 100: VMI, No. 60; the University of Richmond, No. 84; and Sweet Briar College, No. 87.

The other Virginia schools ranked as follows: Randolph-Macon College, 103; Virginia Tech, 156; James Madison University, 169; Hampden-Sydney College, 205; University of Mary Washington, 208; Hollins University, 267; Emory and Henry College, 278; George Mason University, 297; Roanoke College, 433; Longwood University, 462; Old Dominion University, 498; Virginia Commonwealth University, 531; Christopher Newport University, 533; Mary Baldwin College, 553; and Liberty University, 609.

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Six Virginia schools have made Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the 100 best values in public colleges.

The list announced yesterday ranks the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary third and fourth, respectively, based on in-state tuition, behind the University of North Carolina and the University of Florida.

Other state schools on the list are Virginia Tech, 16th; James Madison University, 21st; the University of Mary Washington, 38th; and George Mason University, 64th. Kiplinger says its rankings are based on academic excellence and affordability.

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