National Recognition

Worth Knowing About Wooster

Wooster's reputation as one of higher education's hidden treasures was affirmed once again in a July 30, 2006, New York Times article, titled "Off the Beaten Path."

U.S. News & World Report has ranked The College of Wooster's Independent Study (I.S.) program the number two senior capstone experience in the nation, second only to Princeton University.

Washington Post education reporter and columnist Jay Mathews ranks Wooster number four on a list of America's "outstanding but underappreciated" colleges in his book: Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You

Wooster ranks 18th in the nation among liberal arts colleges whose graduates earned Ph.D.s between 1966 and 2002.