Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, September 17, 1994                   TAG: 9409210013
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Medium

HARVARD, YALE, RICHMOND ON BEST-COLLEGES LIST

The magazine ranked schools in several categories: national universities, national liberal arts colleges, regional colleges and universities, regional liberal arts colleges and specialized institutions.

The magazine asked presidents, deans and admissions directors at about1,400 colleges and universities to rate schools in the same category as their own. Sixty-six percent of the schools participated.

Harvard has led the magazine's ranking for five consecutive years.

The University of Richmond was rated the best college in the South. Other regional leaders were Villanova University of Pennsylvania in the North, Valparaiso University of Indiana in the Midwest, and Trinity University of Texas in the West.

Survey says . . .

U.S. News & World Report's rankings

of the top 15 universities in the South

1.University of Richmond (Va.)

2.Stetson University (Fla.)

3.Rollins College (Fla.)

4.Mercer University (Ga.)

5.Centenary College (La.)

6.Samford University (Ala.)

7.Loyola University (La.)

8.James Madison University (Va.)

9.Appalachian State University (N.C.)

10.The Citadel (S.C.)

11.Harding University (Ark.)

12.Mary Washington College (Va.)

13.University of North Carolina at Charlotte

14.University of North Carolina at Wilmington

15.Bellarmine College (Ky.)

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