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DSU Ranked #3 Top Midwestern Public Liberal Arts College

Madison – U.S. News & World Report released the Best Colleges 2000 last Friday, naming Dakota State University as one of two institutions sharing the third Top Midwestern Public Liberal Arts College ranking.  This is the second national recognition for DSU this year.  Last May, Dakota State was ranked #10 in Yahoo! Internet Life magazine’s Top 100 Most Wired Colleges. 

“Being the tenth most wired college in the nation was an accomplishment that hit at the core of our institutional strength and of which we are extremely proud.  To also receive such high honors as #3 in the Midwest for public liberal arts colleges, which is not our primary mission, is further certification of the overall educational quality that permeates our institution,” said Dr. Jerald Tunheim, president of Dakota State University. 

According to U.S. News, 75 percent of a school’s ranking is based on a formula that uses objective measures of academic quality such as graduation rates.  The remaining 25 percent is based on a reputational survey.  U.S. News asks the president, provost, and dean of admissions at each school to rate the quality of academic programs for schools in the same category, including their own. 

To be included in the rankings, a college or university must be accredited and have a total enrollment of at least 250 students.  

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