News Release
August 2000

Moravian College ranks among National Liberal Arts Colleges

(Bethlehem, PA) – Moravian College again ranked among the nation’s National Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S. News and World Report 2001 ranking of best colleges. For the third year, Moravian was ranked in the third tier of national liberal arts colleges. Moravian broke into the National category in 1997, and is now only one of seventeen such schools in Pennsylvania. Locally, Lafayette College and Muhlenberg College are also included in National Liberal Arts category.

Moravian continued to score high marks in freshman retention and graduation rates in the survey of college admission deans, academic deans, and presidents. Due in large part to an expanded recruitment base, increased selectivity, and wider recognition, Moravian has remained in the National Liberal Arts College category, considered the premier group of liberal arts colleges.

"It is important to the Moravian College community that we are listed among the National Liberal Arts Colleges," said Bernard Story, vice president for enrollment. "We are proud to be included among what we feel are the best colleges in the country. We continue to implement new programs and initiatives that we hope will help Moravian continue to improve the college experience for our students. Moravian is recognized as a national college which helps us to continue to increase our national and international recruitment"

There are 162 colleges in the United State that rank in the national liberal arts college category. Moravian ranks as one of these schools that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least 40 percent of their degrees in liberal arts disciplines, such as foreign languages, life sciences, philosophy, and psychology. The national liberal arts schools tend to require higher college entrance test scores than those in the regional category.

Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.

 

National Liberal Arts Colleges in Pennsylvania

Albright
Allegheny
Bryn Mawr
Bucknell
Chatham
Dickinson
Franklin and Marshall
Gettysburg
Haverford
Juniata
Lafayette
Moravian
Muhlenberg
Swarthmore
Ursinus
Washington and Jefferson
Westminster