FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno State ranks among the top three best public universities in graduation rate performance, nationwide.
The U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Best College rankings came out on Tuesday.
Fresno State scored third highest among public national universities and was No. 4 overall this year.
The graduation rate performance category uses the University’s actual performance as compared to predicted performance based on student demographics, including spending per student, admissions selectivity and the proportion of undergraduates receiving Pell grants.
Fresno State was also ranked No. 2 in the category “Least Percent of Grads with Debt” among public national universities and No. 8 among all national universities.
Fifty-one percent of students graduating in 2018 will have an average debt just over $18,000 compared to the national average of $30,000.
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