Kiplinger names Rice #5 best value private school

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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked Rice University No. 5 on its 2008 list of best values among private colleges and universities. </p>

<p>The new ranking, published in the April issue, is based on academic quality and affordability, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the appraisal. </p>

<p>”We believe that Rice offers the best undergraduate educational experience in America, including the opportunity to work with some of the top researchers in the world,” said President David Leebron. “But our institution is measured equally by the opportunity we create for students from all economic backgrounds.” </p>

<p>Rice tuition is about $6,000 per year lower than tuition at its private peer institutions. Because the new Kiplinger ranking is based on the 2007-08 school year, it does not take into account the fact that Rice recently eliminated loan requirements for students from families with incomes under $60,000 – double the previous no-loan threshold. </p>

<p>The top four spots on Kiplinger’s new ranking are held by Caltech, Yale, Princeton and MIT. Rounding out the top 10 with Rice are Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory and the University of Pennsylvania. Last year Rice was No. 4 on Kiplinger’s list. </p>

<p>Rice is ranked as the No. 1 best value among private college in the 2008 edition of the Princeton Review’s “America’s Best-Value Colleges.”</p>

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<p>Yay! :)</p>

[gibbsr88]

<p>ya rice! =D</p>

<p>That’s awesome considering how expensive tuition is, or atleast how it seems to be.</p>