by U.S. News & World Report

In the new 2001 rankings of colleges by U.S. News & World Report, just published on September 6, Lycoming College has been upgraded to the category of national liberal arts colleges from a regional liberal arts college.

In this highly competitive category, Lycoming ranks in tier three among the 218 elite schools of which Amherst, Swarthmore and Williams lead the list. "We're very proud of where we are," says John F. Piper, Jr., Dean of the College. We are in a category with schools that have substantially more financial resources. For example, Amherst's endowment at $912 million is 13 times that of Lycoming. The endowment of Williams College at $1.3 billion is 19 times greater than that of Lycoming."

One area in which Lycoming College does well is "over performance" of its students. Lycoming graduates 8% more students than predicted based on incoming SAT scores and high school grade point averages. "This means that Lycoming does a good job of helping students maximize their college experience," says Jim Spencer, dean of admissions.

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