{"id":70827,"date":"2013-01-02T10:35:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=70827"},"modified":"2013-01-22T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:51:22","slug":"uconn-named-a-2012-2013-best-value-public-college-by-kiplingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/01\/uconn-named-a-2012-2013-best-value-public-college-by-kiplingers\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Named a 2012-2013 Best-Value Public College by Kiplinger\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut has been named #25 on the <em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance\u2019s<\/em> list of 100 best values in public colleges for 2012-13. The ranking cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, UConn was ranked at #30 on the annual list, and was at #32 the year before that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance ranking is a welcome recognition of UConn\u2019s commitment to providing its students with an education that\u2019s both first-rate and affordable,\u201d said UConn President Susan Herbst. \u201cIn these difficult economic times, the word \u2018value\u2019 is more significant than ever, and we\u2019re proud to be recognized for our ability to tighten our belts without sacrificing the quality of our academic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the magazine, its process begins with data on more than 500 public institutions. The schools are sorted based on measures of quality \u2013 such as the admission rate, the test scores of incoming freshmen, and four- and six-year graduation rates. Data on cost is then added \u2013 including tuition, fees, and room and board, as well as financial aid for in-state and out-of-state students \u2013 creating combined criteria based on both quality and affordability. Many schools have appeared on the list multiple times, including UConn, a testament to the consistent value these colleges provide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud this year\u2019s top 100 schools for their efforts to maintain academic standards while meeting the financial needs of their students,\u201d said Janet Bodnar, editor of <em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual public school rankings appear in <em>Kiplinger\u2019s <\/em>February 2013 issue \u2013 on newsstands January 1, 2013 \u2013 and online at www.kiplinger.com\/links\/college. Web visitors will find special features, including an FAQ about how the public colleges are ranked, a slide show of the top 10 schools, and a tool that lets readers sort by in-state and out-of-state cost, average debt at graduation, and admission rate. In addition, <em>Kiplinger\u2019s<\/em> top 200 private colleges and universities of 2012-13 \u2013 announced in November 2012 \u2013 are featured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/reports\/best-college-values\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">Best College Values report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is ranked #25 on the Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance\u2019s list of 100 best values in public colleges for 2012-13, up from #30 last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":70835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[131],"class_list":["post-70827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 10:31:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71680,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70827\/revisions\/71680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/70835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70827"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=70827"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=70827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}