{"id":85578,"date":"2015-03-24T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=85578"},"modified":"2015-08-11T08:07:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:07:12","slug":"money-magazine-ranks-umw-for-best-graduation-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/24\/money-magazine-ranks-umw-for-best-graduation-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Magazine Ranks UMW for Best Graduation Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington has been ranked among the nation\u2019s top 25 public colleges with the best record of graduating students on time by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/\" target=\"_blank\">Money Magazine<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/photographer-67\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1715\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Norm Shafer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;UMW graduation, Saturday May 10, 2014.  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(Photo by Norm Shafer).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-300x201.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-1024x686.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-300x201.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-1024x686.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-768x515.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-2048x1372.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-1140x764.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/UMW-Graduation-32-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Graduating 66 percent of its student population in four years, UMW ranked 18th on the magazine\u2019s list. UMW was the third of four Virginia institutions included in the list. The University of Virginia, College of William and Mary and James Madison University also were ranked.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Money Magazine<\/em>, the average public college student takes 4.6 years to earn a degree. Just one third of public college students actually earn their bachelor\u2019s degree in four years, cited by the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The result is an estimated extra $12,000 for the average public college student\u2019s additional semester, based on College Board data.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, UMW was ranked in <em>Money Magazine\u2019s<\/em> first <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/collection\/moneys-best-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Colleges Rankings<\/a>. UMW was listed seventh among Virginia public schools and 107th overall among more than 1,500 four-year colleges and universities. Money looks at educational quality, affordability and career outcomes to create its list.<\/p>\n<p>To see the full list of public colleges where students graduate the fastest, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/3748117\/public-colleges-fastest-graduation-rates\/?xid=yahoo_money\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/time.com\/money\/3748117\/public-colleges-fastest-graduation-rates\/?xid=yahoo_money<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the financial data and technology company SmartAsset named UMW to its list of <a href=\"https:\/\/t.yesware.com\/tl\/c9477aa6ff4d96210d2ee6794f3f69889a22f972\/3586bed0d887289b58d252bbaf48ba6b\/7133d2487435139a14712d58cce7fb4c?ytl=https%3A%2F%2Fsmartasset.com%2Fstudent-loans%2Fstudent-loan-calculator%23virginia%2Fvalue\">colleges providing the best value in Virginia<\/a>. Rankings were based on average scholarships and grants, starting salary of alumni upon graduation, tuition, living costs and retention rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington has been ranked among the nation\u2019s top 25 public colleges with the best record of graduating students on time by Money 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