America’s Best Value Colleges are Broadly Disbursed Around the Country

With its  Ninth Annual Edition of America’s Best Value Colleges (www.BestValueColleges.org), University Research and Review has recognized 123 colleges and universities that provide students a place where they fit in, top-notch academic programs,  costs that are reasonable, and  financial aid. Public and private colleges and universities are included in this year’s Best Value Awardee list.

While geographically disbursed, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Missouri are home to the most schools offering students University Research and Review’s version of best value. These four states have more than a quarter of the 123 colleges and universities receiving the 2020 Best Value School Awards.

Pennsylvania institutions receiving 2020 Best Value School Awards are: Keystone College; Johnson College; Ursinus College; Marywood College; Cabrini University; Cairn University; Lincoln University; Mercyhurst University; Mount Aloysius College; and Thiel College.

In Ohio, eight schools were recognized: Ohio Northland University; Ashland University; Chatfield College; Heidelberg University; Kettering College; Mount Vernon Nazarene University; and Wilmington College.

Missouri has seven Best Value Colleges: Southwest Baptist University; Culver-Stockton College; Cottey College; American Business & Technology University; Hannibal-LaGrange University; and the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

With seven Awardees, New York features Manhattanville College; St. Thomas Aquinas College; Utica College; Cazenovia College; Daemen College; Roberts Wesleyan College; and Trocaire College.

“There is no reason that students who want a college degree cannot get one without mortgaging their future,” said L. Joseph Schmoke, founder and CEO of University Research and Review, the creator of the Best Value School Award program. “We have identified schools that meet our rigorous criteria for quality, student engagement and satisfaction, actual out of pocket costs, and the availability of financial aid.”

Asked which are the top schools in the list, Schmoke reiterated, “There is no pecking order of schools on our list. All these colleges and universities belong to an elite “club” of high quality, affordable post-secondary institutions. Each Best Value School has been selected because it meets criteria important to postsecondary students of all ages.”

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