Even more ( pacific northwest) rankings

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<p>I have lived in the Northwest all my life- & I have never heard of Corban College.</p>

<p>I find it curious that at least half the schools are strongly Christian/Catholic, in an area that is also typically described as " unchurched".
But for those who are looking for such- it could be worth looking at.
[Seattle</a> Metropolitan Magazine » October 2008](<a href=“http://www.seattlemet.com/2008/09/25/october-2008/]Seattle”>http://www.seattlemet.com/2008/09/25/october-2008/)</p>

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<p>Here is an overview of their methodology.
*So when ranking the top 39 schools in the Northwest, we focused on the qualities that, taken together, have an effect on not only the college experience but everything that comes after it: How involved in the community are the students? How likely are they to give to their alma mater After graduating? (and by extension, how much did they like their alma mater?) how happy are they With the education they got and where it took them in life?</p>

<p>Yes, we factored in numbers that favor highfalutin bastions of book learnin’, too, but this list Is for those who are more interested in how the whole package adds up (whether prospective students, anxious parents of the same, or proud alums) than just a diploma from a prestigious institution.</p>

<p>We ranked our colleges according to eight variables, giving double weight to sophomore retention rates as reported by the schools, student satisfaction with academics as measured by the survey web site student review/.com, and overall scores from U.S. News’ “Best Colleges 2009″ report.</p>

<p>Average SAT and GPA scores of entering freshmen, percentages of work-study funds going to community service, Student satisfaction ratings of campus social life (from student review .com), and alumni giving rates all received single weighting.
In order to ensure that each variable, respective of its assigned weight, contributed evenly to our final average scores, we adjusted all data sets to have a mean of two and a standard deviation of two [following a four-point scale]. though all efforts were made to fill out each data set as completely as possible, some schools do not track or were occasionally unable to disclose some figures.*</p>

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<p>I am a PNWer as well.
I have heard of each of those except for Corban as well
Shoot, did I miss one to look at LOL I looked at all the others.</p>

<p>IMO Cornish should rate higher. It is a fabulous school for the focused artist/musician</p>

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<p>Hey-that IS the list! however–if those are the rankings, I am surprised. One thing to remember is that some of those schools were originally religous but have very little connection/influence anymore. Linfield was Baptist but does not have that focus anymore, while Whitworth is very religious in their mission. Great list! Thanks for posting this.</p>

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<p>My sister lives near Corban College. I’d never heard of it either until she moved out there.</p>

<p>Edit - wait a minute. I just did some checking. Corban College used to be Western Baptist College, and that’s why it didn’t sound familiar.</p>

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<p>Multnomah > Seattle? What?</p>