Rankings and Accomplishments | Springfield College

Rankings and Accomplishments

At Springfield College, we’re not content with just being good.

We actively strive for the best. You don’t have to take our word for it, though. We have been recognized for excellence in education, value, and outcomes for our students.

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  • Our post-graduation survey found that 97 percent of 2017-18 bachelor degree recipients were either employed or enrolled in graduate school. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, our placement rate is 12 percent higher than the national average for schools like us and, on average, higher than other colleges and universities in New England.
  • For the fourth-consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranked us in the top 30 in our category. We're currently ranked 28.
  • U.S. News & World Report ranked us no. 19 in a listing of Best Value Schools for Regional Universities—North. This ranking takes into account the academic quality and net cost of attendance at the College.
  • We were ranked in the U.S. News & World Report “A-Plus Schools for B Students” category, which highlights colleges with strong academic ratings in the Best Colleges rankings that accept students with nonstratospheric transcripts.
  • Springfield College was named by Money magazine editors as one of the 2018 Best Colleges in America. In their analysis of the "country's top values," we are ranked in the top 12 percent of all colleges and universities.
  • Our graduation rates for our student-athletes are higher than those of our peer schools, putting us at 94 percent, and similar schools at 87 percent, according to research done by NCAA officials.
  • Springfield College is the recipient of the 2016 Presidential Award in the education category of the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This honor is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.
  • Spending time studying pays off. Close to 70 percent of all first-year students complete their degree requirements within four years*, compared to the national average of only 40 percent at schools in our category**.

*Springfield College Office of Institutional Research
**ACT 2017 National Collegiate Retention and Persistence-to-Degree Rates

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