Cazenovia College Ranked 21 in North by US News & World Report

CAZENOVIA, NY (08/18/2010)(readMedia)-- For the seventh consecutive year Cazenovia College is ranked among the top baccalaureate colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges publication. The rankings, released today, list Cazenovia 21st among first-tier regional colleges in the North. The institutions in this category focus primarily on undergraduate education with a broad range of liberal arts and professional programs.

"At Cazenovia College, students find the best of everything an undergraduate college has to offer," says Mark J. Tierno, president of Cazenovia College. "The fact that we are rising in the rankings signifies greater recognition of Cazenovia as one of the best baccalaureate institutions in the nation."

U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of colleges and universities in the United States is based on factors such as average graduation and freshman retention rates, class sizes, student/faculty ratio, alumni giving, and peer institution assessment.

Highlights of U.S. News & World Report's 2011 rankings will be published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands August 31. The 2011 Best Colleges guidebook will be on newsstands August 24.

Cazenovia College, named one of "America's Best Colleges" by US News & World Report, is an independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college, located near Syracuse, N.Y. Cazenovia College offers a comprehensive liberal arts education in an exceptional community environment, with academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields. For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu.

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