福布斯将W&M大学列为最佳公立大学第六名
(Williamsburg, VA) – For the second time in less than a month, Forbes magazine has recognized William and Mary as a top institution of higher education.
In its inaugural College guide, “America’s Best Colleges,” Forbes.com listed William and Mary as the sixth-best public university in the country. 就在几周前，《福布斯》网站将弗吉尼亚州连续第三年评为最适宜经商的州。 Virginia topped the list, the magazine said, in part because of an “educated labor force fueled by its proximity to Washington, D.C., and top colleges like the University of Virginia and William and Mary.”
The Forbes.com rankings – conducted in conjunction with Ohio University economist Richard Vedder and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity – evaluates 569 undergraduate institutions based on “the quality of the education they provide, and how much their students achieve.” The rankings were released on the magazine’s Web site this week.
福布斯网站的排名被标榜为《美国新闻与世界报道》每年发布的年度大学指南的替代品。 In last fall’s U.S. 新闻 rankings, William and Mary was also listed as sixth best public.
In Forbes.com overall category – including both publics and privates – William and Mary was listed 49th and was one of only six public universities – in addition to the U.S. Military Academy (sixth), the U.S. Air Force Academy (16th), New College of Florida (29th) the U.S. Naval Academy (36th) and the University of Virginia (43rd) -- listed among the overall top 50. 美国西点军校在公立大学中排名第一。 The University of California, Berkeley – which usually competes with UVA each year as the top public in the U.S. 新闻 rankings – was listed as 8th among public and 73rd overall. Princeton University was listed as the country’s top overall university.
The Forbes.com rankings cite five components to its methodology – listing of alumni in the 2008 Who’s Who in America (25 percent), student evaluations of professors from ratemyprofessors.com (25 percent), four-year graduation rates (16 2/3 percent), enrollment-adjusted numbers of students and faculty receiving nationally competitive awards (16 2/3 percent), and the average four-year accumulated debt of students borrowing money for College (16 2/3 percent).
虽然《美国新闻与世界报道》的排名预计将于本月晚些时候公布，但威廉和玛丽最近出现在另一个排名中。 Last month, the Princeton Review ranked William and Mary eighth in the category of “Best College Library.”