#9 Senior Capstone - U.S. News
#9 Best Science Lab Facilities - Princeton Review
#16 Most Accessible Professors - Princeton Review
#17 Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Private Schools) - Princeton Review
#21 Best Classroom Experience - Princeton Review
#24 Best College Library - Princeton Review
#34 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects - U.S. News
#47 Best Undergraduate Teaching - U.S. News
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#71 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America - Niche.com
#76 National Liberal Arts Colleges - U.S. News
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Nationally known as a best-value school
Princeton Review lists Wooster as a Best Value College
Nationally recognized for undergraduate research opportunities
U.S. News ranks Wooster among the nation鈥檚 top 10 in its 鈥淪enior Capstone鈥� category, alongside Ivy League schools, research universities, and major R1 institutions. The distinction recognizes schools where graduates cap their education through a project that 鈥渋ntegrates and synthesizes what they鈥檝e learned鈥� in a way that stands out compared to other institutions.
Leads in preparing students for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields
Wooster plays a critical role in preparing students for success in obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, with a particular significance for women and underrepresented minority STEM baccalaureate graduates. A 2019 report published by the Council of Independent Colleges and based on data from National Center for Education Statistics and National Science Foundation ranked public and private institutions based on an institutional-yield ratio that removes the impact of the size of the student body. Wooster ranks No. 33 in the top 100 U.S. institutions where STEM doctorate recipients earn bachelor鈥檚 degrees, and No. 21 for women doctoral recipients in STEM. Wooster also ranks in the top 50 among U.S. baccalaureate-origin institutions of women doctorate recipients in the areas of biological sciences (No. 47), chemistry (No. 3), life sciences (No. 42), and physical sciences (No. 6).
Highly regarded by education experts for the whole package: affordability, educational excellence, and great preparation for careers
Loren Pope, founder of Colleges That Change Lives, called 969直播 鈥渕y original best-kept secret in higher education鈥 can testify that there is no better college in the country.鈥�
New York Times columnist Ron Lieber praises Wooster for its exceptional combination of quality faculty, affordability, and undergraduate research in his new book, The Price You Pay for College. Lieber devotes an entire chapter to answering How the College of Wooster Puts It All Together, highlighting Wooster鈥檚 up-front attitude in helping prospective students understand the financial package they will receive and the satisfaction students get from faculty mentorship.
In the largest-ever survey of 30,000 college graduates, Gallup found that having a mentor in college and working on a long-term project were two of the most powerful factors linked to having 鈥済reat jobs and great lives鈥� after graduation.
Students surveyed for The Princeton Review in its guidebook, The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition say 鈥淪tudents are happy,鈥� 鈥淐lassroom facilities are great,鈥� there are 鈥渁ctive minority support groups,鈥� and 鈥淚nternships are widely available.鈥� The character of Wooster鈥檚 campus community is called 鈥渇riendly beyond measure鈥� and students talked about the variety of extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities part of life on campus. Independent study is a highlight of the undergraduate experience, and the school 鈥榯eaches research and how to apply skills learned to the outside world.鈥欌��
The Fiske Guide to Colleges says 鈥淚nstead of teaching students what to think, the College of Wooster focuses on teaching students how to think. From the first courses of the freshman year seminar to the final day when seniors hand in their hard-won theses, the college paves each student鈥檚 path to independence鈥he one-to-one attention from faculty makes Wooster an intellectual refuge in the rural countryside of Ohio.鈥�
In one of the newest set of U.S. college rankings, the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education placed Wooster among the top 20 percent of the 801 institutions it looked at nationally, and 25th out of 212 Midwest institutions. The WSJ/THE assessment 鈥減uts student success and learning at its heart,鈥� utilizing 15 performance indicators grouped into four pillar categories: resources, engagement, outcomes, and environment.
