U.S.+News+and+World+Report+Recognizes+Stevenson+--+Again!

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 **//U.S. News & World Report// Recognizes Stevenson University--again!** toc

//U.S. News & World Report// has several recognition categories and geographic designations. Here is where Stevenson University was singled out:
 * **Top Up and Coming School:** Stevenson ranked No. 2 in the "Top Up and Coming School" for Baccalaureate Colleges-North Region
 * **Great Schools, Great Prices:** Stevenson ranked No. 8 in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category for Baccalaureate Colleges-North Region.
 * **Best Baccalaureate Colleges:** Stevenson ranked No. 11 in the Best Baccalaureate Colleges-North Region

(Stevenson, MD) **Stevenson University** has been recognized as one of America’s **“Top Up-and-Coming Schools”** and **“Great Schools, Great Prices”** in **//U. S. News & World Report’s//** newly released 2010 edition of ** “ ** America’s Best Colleges.” Stevenson also climbed to No. 11 (from No. 15 in 2009) among the **“Best Baccalaureate Colleges-North Region”** rankings, its highest ranking ever.
 * //U.S. News// Selects Stevenson University as a “Top Up-and-Coming School” **** and “Great School, Great Price” in the New 2010 Rankings **

“Stevenson has seen tremendous growth and change over the last decade, and these rankings reinforce our successes in transitioning to a university model,” says **Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.**, President of Stevenson University. “The rankings also reflect the hard work of our faculty and staff, as well as recognition by our peers for the innovative approaches that have made us a national leader in career education.”

This is the second year that Stevenson has made the “Top Up-and-Coming Schools” list—one of only 77 colleges and universities given this designation. The category recognizes institutions that “have recently made striking improvements or innovations” in areas such as academic programs, faculty, students, or facilities. During the past six years, Stevenson has significantly increased enrollment while developing a second campus in Owings Mills. More than 1,300 students—the largest resident population in the school’s history—now live on the 80-acre site. The University recently opened the Brown School of Business and Leadership on its Owings Mills campus and is now constructing a new 60,000-square-foot gymnasium on the site.

Stevenson also ranked No. 8 in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category for Baccalaureate Colleges-North Region. The category recognizes institutions that are “best values,” providing high quality academic programs at a lower cost. This is the University’s third year in this special ranking.

Stevenson University, known for its distinctive career focus, is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 3,400 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult accelerated degrees at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills.

For more information, visit [|www.stevenson.edu].

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