09.14.2011

US News & World Report Best Colleges 2012 ranks Soka University for the first time

                                                                               

US News & World Report Best Colleges 2012 Rankings have recognized Soka University in the following categories:

• Top 100 (#64 tie) National Liberal Arts Colleges
• #1 (tie) in Most Students Studying Abroad among All Colleges and Universities
• #1 in Most International Students (%) among All Colleges and Universities
• #2 (tie) in Most Ethnic Diversity among National Liberal Arts Colleges
• #2 in Highest Proportion of Classes under 20 among National Liberal Arts Colleges
• #20 (tie) for Highest Graduation rate among National Liberal Arts Colleges

This is the first year that SUA has been eligible for the US News & World Report Best College Rankings because it was reclassified correctly in 2010 by the Carnegie Classifications from a “Special Focus” Institution to a “Liberal Arts College”.   

Based upon these results, SUA is ranked among the top ten (#9) liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.   

SUA President Daniel Y. Habuki, PhD, noted that Soka University is currently celebrating its 10^th Anniversary and is one of the newest institutions surveyed.  “Although all college rankings are subjective, I appreciate all of the hard work our SUA community has put in to make this possible and look forward to continuing to advance our academic excellence into the future,” he said.