{"id":87980,"date":"2018-02-12T10:54:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=87980"},"modified":"2018-02-23T08:35:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:35:59","slug":"umw-ranked-among-nations-best-low-debt-superior-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/12\/umw-ranked-among-nations-best-low-debt-superior-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Ranked Among Nation\u2019s Best for Low Debt, Superior Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington has been recognized again as one of the best schools in the nation for affordable student loan debt and superior academics, according to two recent studies.<\/p>\n<p>In surveys by LendEDU, UMW ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/lendedu.com\/blog\/small-public-colleges-with-least-student-loan-debt-per-borrower\/\">16th of 100 small public colleges for the least average debt per borrower<\/a>. \u00a0A marketplace resource for student loans, LendEDU also recognized UMW as <a href=\"https:\/\/lendedu.com\/blog\/college-risk-reward-indicator-2018\/\">No. 102 Best Risk-Reward College in the country, No. 5 in Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86152\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/25\/umw-releases-presidential-leadership-statement\/university-center-31\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/University-Center-31.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Norm Shafer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The new University Center at UMW Friday, September 11, 1015.  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Photo by Norm Shafer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAccording to our\u00a0statistics, 60 percent of college graduates will walk away from campus with\u00a0diplomas in one hand and student loan debt in the other,\u201d said Mike Brown, research analyst with LendEDU. \u201cThe average\u00a0borrower from the Class of 2016 owed $27,975\u00a0at graduation, which can look like an insurmountable mountain for these young adults\u00a0on entry level salaries or no salary at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Mary Washington graduates averaged $19,444 loan debt per borrower, while in Virginia, the average undergraduate debt topped nearly $29,000, according to statistics.<\/p>\n<p>For its risk-reward ranking, LendEDU defines risk as average student loan debt per borrower and reward as the average median salary for alumni with five years or less experience. The organization calculates the average student loan debt per borrower from financial aid data submitted to Peterson\u2019s Guide to Colleges. LendEDU analyzed nearly 1,000 public and private colleges in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing superior academics, the guide service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegefactual.com\/colleges\/university-of-mary-washington\/news\/\"><em>College Factual<\/em><\/a> recently ranked UMW\u2019s geography and cartography program first in the Commonwealth of Virginia and 12th out of 172 colleges nationwide. In the fall, <em>College Factual\/USA Today<\/em> also recognized UMW\u2019s geography program as No. 1 in the Southeastern region.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s English program also received impressive reviews. <em>College Factu<\/em>al rated it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegefactual.com\/colleges\/university-of-mary-washington\/news\/top-college-2018-top-ranked-general-english-language-literature\/\">83rd out of 625<\/a> nationwide, and UMW maintained its place as one of Virginia\u2019s top five English programs for the second year.\u00a0 An earlier ranking by the college resource guide Schools.com recognized UMW\u2019s English program as No. 3 in the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>College Factual<\/em> also ranked UMW\u2019s liberal arts general studies program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegefactual.com\/colleges\/university-of-mary-washington\/news\/top-college-2018-top-ranked-liberal-arts-and-general-studies\/\">47th out of 352<\/a> nationwide, marking the university as one of the top programs in the nation as well as the state for general studies.<\/p>\n<p>The college guide service provides rankings based on outcomes, using data from the <a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/ipeds\/\">Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/\">National Center for Education Statistics<\/a>.\u00a0Salary data comes from the Department of Education and the data company Pay Scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington has been recognized again as one of the best schools in the nation for affordable student loan debt and superior academics, according to two recent studies. 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