Elmhurst College Ranked Among Midwest's Best Colleges: US News & World Report

ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst College has been ranked third in the Midwest among colleges and universities known for their undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report, which publishes the nation’s best-known college rankings. According to the college, the Undergraduate Teaching category becomes the fourth in which Elmhurst has earned top-tier status, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings for 2018. The other categories are Best Regional Universities, Best Value and Best Colleges for Veterans, all in the Midwest.

The college said in the Best Regional Universities category, Elmhurst ranks No. 11 this year out of 165 colleges and universities across the Midwest that provide a full range of undergraduate majors and some graduate programs. In the Best Value category, the college ranks No. 13 among colleges and universities that offer the best bang for the tuition buck.

According to the release, the college moved up a spot in the Best Colleges for Veterans category, from No. 10 last year to No. 9 this year. This category tells military veterans and active-duty service members which top-ranked schools in the Midwest offer benefits that help make a college education more affordable.

The college said this year marks the first time Elmhurst College has taken a top spot in the Undergraduate Teaching category. To compile that ranking, U.S. News asked academic experts to identify peer schools where the faculty has an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. Elmhurst was cited third most often by college presidents, provosts and admission deans who were asked to nominate up to 10 schools in their U.S. News ranking category.

“At Elmhurst College we pride ourselves on our faculty members—their passion for teaching and their commitment to our students’ success. They personify what we do and why we do it, and our students are the beneficiaries,” Elmhurst College President Troy D. VanAken said in a release. “The U.S. News rankings are a great reinforcement by our institutional peers of something we’ve always known. I congratulate the faculty and the rest of the Elmhurst College community on this latest recognition.”