TMC #2

I don’t have any right to be, but I am still proud of this:

Santa Clarita, California, August 27, 2007—The Master’s College has been ranked 2nd in the West (the top tier) as one of America’s Best Colleges in the category of Best Comprehensive Baccalaureate Colleges in the 2008 Edition of “America’s Best Colleges” released by US News & World Report. This marks the eighth year in a row that The Master’s College was listed in the top tier of Western Region Baccalaureate Colleges. The publication also cites The Master’s College as one of the best values ranking 4th in the category of “Great Schools, Great Prices.”

Other rankings were:

· 2^nd in SAT Scores of Entering Freshmen

· 2^nd highest graduation rate of 61%

· 3^rd in Freshmen Retention Rate

· 3^rd in Academic Reputation

· 5^th in Percent of Classes with Fewer than 20 Students

· 5^th in Portion of Freshmen in Top 25% of their High School Class

· 1^st in Extension Programs in Israel

The colleges are ranked by gathering data from each college for up to 15 indicators of academic excellence. Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects what US News judges about how much a measure matters. Next, the colleges in each category are ranked against their peers, based on their composite weighted score. The indicators used to measure academic quality are Peer Assessment (25 percent), Retention (20 percent), Faculty Resources (20 percent), Student Selectivity (15 percent), Financial Resources (10 percent), Graduation Rate Performance (5 percent), and Alumni Giving (5 percent).

For more in-depth information log on to www.usnews.com

Ok, I made that one line up.  But it’s true.