Oklahoma City University was named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values of 2017.
OCU earned the 65th spot on the magazine’s list of 100 best values in private universities across the country.
Introduced in 1998, the rankings now combine public schools, private universities and private liberal arts colleges into a single, comprehensive list. Kiplinger also ranked the top 100 best values in each category.
Kiplinger’s quality measures, which are weighted more heavily than cost, include the admission rate, the percentage of students who return for sophomore year, the student-faculty ratio and the four-year graduation rate. Cost criteria include sticker price, financial aid and average debt at graduation.
Unlike other rankings, which include subjective criteria in their assessments, Kiplinger restricts its analysis to measurable standards of academic quality and affordability. Kiplinger’s was the first ranking to focus on value, their core mission. The complete rankings are now available online and will appear in print in the February 2017 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, on newsstands Jan. 3.
