Ranking
The U.S. News & World Report for 2012 have Wittenberg ranked as the 121st best Liberal Arts college in the US, and Forbes Magazine ranked the schools as the 176th best university in the country.
In 2010, Princeton Review ranked Wittenberg 11th in the nation for "Best Classroom Experience", and 15th in the nation for "Professors Get High Marks". In addition, Princeton Review ranked the college's campus the 18th most beautiful in the nation in 2009.
The university also has top programs in Communication. The communication program was named by the National Communication Association as Nation's Best program. Along with that Wittenberg University has been named one of only 23 institutions in the nation by the Fiske Guide to Colleges for "Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Drama." The elite ranking places Wittenberg alongside such schools as Juilliard, Vassar|, Oberlin, Otterbein and Princeton.
In the last 10 years, Wittenberg faculty members have won 16 Fulbright awards, more than any other liberal arts college in the state of Ohio. Chronicle of Higher Education says the university is one of 11 bachelor’s programs with more than two professors doing research under Fulbright auspices.
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