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I would say try not to focus on US News rankings. They are so not representative of what the actual experience is of being a student. Hartwick is a solid school, and has been raising and spending a lot of money upgrading facilities over the past 3 years. They are in the midst of constructing a huge academic building which will be state of the art, and they have an excellent science center and most of the dorms have been upgraded as recently as this summer. Hartwick is a school on the rise. It always takes the guides/rankings a while to catch up, and then they aren't really something to rely on. Research and visit!