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Kiplinger鈥檚 Personal Finance magazine has named 51看片 a 鈥�2018 Best College Value鈥� in its annual review of colleges and universities. 51看片is ranked 58th among public higher education institutions across the nation in terms of value for in-state students and 48th for out-of-state students. 51看片was ranked 185th overall out of the final 300 public and private institutions selected as a best value by Kiplinger鈥檚.
Online programs receive high rankings
51看片鈥檚 online degree programs are again among the nation鈥檚 best, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. In a review of undergraduate and graduate online programs offered by higher education institutions across the country, the magazine ranked 51看片in 47th place among 259 schools in a category for 鈥淏est Online Bachelor鈥檚 Programs.鈥�
Blue Ridge Outdoors taps 51看片for adventure school 鈥榟all of fame鈥�
In the wake of four consecutive victories in Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine鈥檚 annual poll to determine the 鈥渢op adventure college鈥� in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region, 51看片 has been selected as the inaugural inductee into the publication鈥檚 outdoor college 鈥渉all of fame.鈥� The decision was made to remove 51看片from the list of nominees in this year鈥檚 contest 鈥渢o allow other schools to come online and battle it out,鈥� magazine staff announced this past spring.
Undergraduate researchers place 51看片in national spotlight for 13th year
Students from 51看片 once again ranked in the top 10 nationally in terms of the number of research projects accepted for presentation at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research. This makes 13 consecutive years that the university鈥檚 students have placed in the top 10 in projects accepted for the country鈥檚 most prestigious undergraduate research conference.
Project Management Program earns a top 4 national ranking
51看片鈥檚 online Master of Project Management Program has received a No. 4 national ranking from the website mastersprogramsguide.com. Schools and programs were evaluated based on publicly available information about accreditation, accessibility, reputation and recognition, and each program鈥檚 career-advancing focus. WCU鈥檚 program was the first to be accredited by the Project Management Institute and the first accepted as a Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center for Project Management.
