Allegheny Ranks Among Washington Monthly’s Top 30 Liberal Arts Colleges in the Nation

Allegheny College has been named one of the Top 30 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the nation in Washington Monthly’s college rankings, released today. Also listed among the top 30 are Amherst, Wellesley College, Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr.

The Washington Monthly rankings are unique in that they recognize not only what colleges do for their students but what colleges are doing for the country. The rankings rate top liberal arts colleges in the nation based on three broad categories: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs) and service (encouraging students to give something back to society).

“For more than 200 years, Allegheny and our faculty have prepared students for lives not only of success but of meaning,” said James H. Mullen, Jr., president of Allegheny College. “We are deeply honored by Washington Monthly’s recognition of the important role that Allegheny plays in advancing innovative research, difference-making service and access to an affordable, outstanding education. At the heart of our mission is an unflagging commitment to strengthening the communities and nations that our students, alumni and their families call home.”

This marks the fourth consecutive year Allegheny has been recognized among the best liberal arts colleges in the nation by Washington Monthly.