Occidental Named One of Country’s Best
David Lymburner on August 22, 2010 in College Entry No Comments » August 21, 2010
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Occidental College has been named one of the country’s best colleges in the latest editions of several major college guides, including U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review’s The Best 373 Colleges, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, Peterson’s 440 Great Colleges for Top Students, and Forbes‘ “America’s Best Colleges.”
High school counselors polled by U.S. News ranked Occidental No. 20 among national liberal arts colleges, and Oxy was again was recognized by the Insider’s Guide as one of a handful of colleges and universities with the strongest undergraduate focus. Fiske bestowed four-star academic and quality-of-life ratings on Oxy, and Princeton Review gave Oxy’s Financial Aid Office a score of 97 out of 100.
Occidental was ranked No. 36 overall by U.S. News among the country’s best liberal arts colleges.
