Our View
By:
Colleen Buhrer, managing editor
J.J. Babb, design managing editor
Patrick Crossland, state/regional editor
Christopher J. Ortiz, opinion editor
File Under: opinion/our view
The University of Colorado-Boulder can keep its top party-school
ranking because CSU was recently ranked as the 27th best value in
public schools, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Magazine.
CSU moved up 22 spots from last year on a list that looks at the
top 100 public colleges in the nation, beating out CU who was
ranked 43 by the magazine. This is in addition to CSU being ranked
55th in the nation by U.S. News World and Reports’ Best Colleges
Edition.
Hopefully CSU’s improved rankings in legit rankings (sorry CU,
party-school rankings don’t really count) will make it a magnet for
the brightest students in Colorado and out of the state – and bring
in those sorely needed out-of-state tuition dollars.
We know CSU students had to dish out 9 percent more this year in
tuition, but just think about East and West Coast public schools
that saw tuition hikes as high as 30 percent. It might be hard to
think of CSU has a “good deal” when we keep facing tuition hikes,
but putting it into perspective of other peer institutes, we are
doing A-OK.
As long we stay competitive with peer institutions like
Washington State University, the University of Utah and the
University of Wyoming, we should be able to draw in students
looking to get an affordable and respectable education. Take that
CU.
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