{"id":330034,"date":"2020-09-18T06:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=330034"},"modified":"2020-09-18T06:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:03:59","slug":"uog-is-a-top-ranked-college-for-social-mobility-among-the-best-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uog-is-a-top-ranked-college-for-social-mobility-among-the-best-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG is a top-ranked college\u00a0for social mobility, among the best in the West\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Guam\u00a0is ranked a \u201cTop Performer on Social Mobility\u201d and one\u00a0of\u00a0the \u201cBest Regional Universities\u201d in the West in the 2021 Best Colleges Rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.\u00a0(UNIVERSITY\u00a0OF\u00a0GUAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Guam has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a \u201cTop Performer on Social Mobility\u201d and one of the \u201cBest Regional Universities\u201d in the West, according to its 2021 Best Colleges Rankings released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

U.S. News & World Report ranked UOG 46th\u00a0as a \u201cTop Performer on Social Mobility\u201d among Western regional universities. UOG was also ranked 42nd among the top public institutions in the West and 84th\u00a0among all Western regional universities. Regional universities are those that offer a full range of undergraduate programs and provide master\u2019s level degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. News & World Report lists are among the most widely used and quoted college rankings nationwide, so being included really puts the University of Guam on the map and among great company,\u201d UOG president Thomas W. Krise said.<\/p>\n

The Best Colleges rankings include all colleges and universities in the nation that are accredited, four-year institutions with more than 250 students. To be ranked, schools must also have received a minimum of 10 peer ratings from other universities in the list\u2019s annual survey.<\/p>\n

Top performer on social mobility\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cTop Performers on Social Mobility\u201d list measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell grants. These students belong to households typically earning less than $50,000 per year, with most Pell grant households earning less than $20,000. UOG has a high percentage of Pell-eligible students at 59%\u2014compared to an average of 47% among other universities that made the social mobility list\u2014and graduates a high number of Pell recipients within six years in relation to non-Pell recipients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great accolade for UOG,\u201d Krise said. \u201cIt means we\u2019re having a more significant impact on our graduates\u2019 lives than most regional universities, helping them achieve more despite having financial challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Small class size, high retention rate\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main factors in the overall ranking methodology are graduation and retention rates, academic reputation among institutional peers, and faculty statistics. UOG is most competitive in the ranking criteria when it comes to class size, with nearly 60% of UOG\u2019s classes having fewer than 20 students, versus 51% on average for other Western regional universities, and a student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1, which is the category average. UOG is also competitive in its first-year retention rate\u2014posting 75% versus the Western regional university average of 73%. UOG\u2019s retention rate has been higher than 73% the past three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a top performer in social mobility and being ranked among the best institutions in the West shows that UOG is, indeed, \u2018transforming lives and advancing communities\u2019\u2014the vision statement developed under UOG\u2019s five-year Para Hulo\u2019 plan,\u201d said senior vice president and provost Anita Borja Enriquez. \u201cThis vision will remain central to UOG\u2019s strategic intent going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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