U.S. News & World Report Ranks Middlebury

College Seventh in Annual “America’s Best Colleges”

Issue

In its 12th annual “America’s Best Colleges”

issue, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks Middlebury

College seventh amongst national liberal arts colleges, a ranking

Middlebury shares with Bowdoin College of Brunswick, Maine. The

issue hit newsstands Monday, Aug. 24 and is available online at

U.S. News’ web site, http://www.usnews.com. U.S. News’ ranking

includes 162 national liberal arts colleges.

Middlebury also appeared in several other rankings

in the magazine. Amongst national

liberal arts colleges, Middlebury ranked 33rd in the “Schools

That Offer the Best Value” category. Middlebury also tied

with several other colleges for ninth place regarding the percentage

of international students that make up its student body.

One of the articles in the issue, “An

Inquiry: Are Colleges Taking the Low Road?,” quotes Middlebury

College Dean of Enrollment Planning Mike Schoenfeld. With regard

to whether or not colleges are changing their operations in response

to rankings in the U.S. News annual college issue, Schoenfeld

said that the rankings can act as a positive force since they

can help colleges focus on topics such as faculty pay.