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UD listed 12th among America’s public colleges and universities by Kiplinger’s magazine

3:50 p.m., Oct. 17, 2003--The University of Delaware is the 12th best value in the country for in-state students at public colleges, according to a listing of the top 100 schools in the November issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.

UD was ranked 14th in Kiplinger’s 2002 survey and 24th in its 2000 ranking.

According to the magazine’s article on best values in public colleges, “Our exclusive survey of U.S. public college and universities shines a spotlight on schools that combine great academics with reasonable costs.”

This year, the magazine also includes a ranking of the best bargains for out-of-state students, and UD is ranked 19th in that listing.

“Kiplinger’s ranking further confirms UD’s reputation as offering top-notch academic quality at a reasonable cost,” UD President David P. Roselle said. “UD is indeed a hot school. We received a record 22,000-plus applicants for this year’s freshman class, including more nonresident applications that any other public university in the country. At the same time, we have worked very hard to keep our costs down and to increase financial aid.”

For its rankings, Kiplinger’s looked at several measures of academic quality, including admission rates, student-faculty ratios, percentage of faculty with the highest degrees in their field, amount spent on instruction for each student, amount spent on library facilities and four- and six-year graduation rates. Schools were ranked by combining quality with such cost components as tuition, mandatory fees, room, board and estimated expenses for books and supplies. Also included in the equation were the average cost for a student without need after subtracting merit-based grants, the average percentage of need met by student aid and the average debt accumulated by a student before graduation.

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