Ranking
The university has received accolades from in a number of national publications including the Princeton Review, Kaplan's Publishing, U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek. For 16 consecutive years, beginning in 1994, The University of Scranton has been ranked in the top 10 schools in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the Best Master's Universities-North. In the 2010 edition, Scranton was named as one of 77 universities nationally on the "Up and Coming List" (fourth in the north) and one of 80 nationally recognized for "A Strong Commitment to Teaching" (third in the north). The Princeton Review has named the university to its annual “The 371 Best Colleges," from 2002 to its most recent list in 2011. A combined 2008 Newsweek/Kaplan college guide also named The University of Scranton as one of the United States' “372 Most Interesting Schools” for the second straight year. The University of Scranton was in the top 50 of universities listed in Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Private Colleges.” In 2011 The Huffington Post recognized The University of Scranton as the sixth friendliest school in the United States.
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