{"id":70384,"date":"2019-09-09T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-makes-u-s-news-2020-list-of-best-liberal-arts-colleges-stands-out-in-diversity-and-social-mobility\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T00:15:12","slug":"oglethorpe-makes-u-s-news-2020-list-of-best-liberal-arts-colleges-stands-out-in-diversity-and-social-mobility","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-makes-u-s-news-2020-list-of-best-liberal-arts-colleges-stands-out-in-diversity-and-social-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"Oglethorpe makes U.S. News 2020 list of best liberal arts colleges, stands out in diversity and social mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/oglethorpe-university-1586\">好色先生TV\u00a0<\/a>is one of the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/national-liberal-arts-colleges\">Best Liberal Arts Colleges<\/a>, according to the annual\u00a0U.S. News &amp; World Report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\">Best Colleges Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, U.S. News added a social mobility ranking, and Oglethorpe is once again one of the best performing liberal arts schools in the country in that category. Social mobility measures the economic diversity of the student body by looking at Pell Grant recipient graduation rates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/national-liberal-arts-colleges\/social-mobility\">Oglethorpe ranked in the top 25 in the category<\/a> on a campus where 42% of students are Pell-eligible.[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ht9COUlm0RgZmNWTsWJR6uvNdQ9jVC0w&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Oglethorpe also ranked as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/national-liberal-arts-colleges\/campus-ethnic-diversity\"><strong>13th most diverse student body among liberal arts colleges nationwide<\/strong><\/a>. U.S. News measures ethnic diversity to &#8220;identify where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from racial or ethnic groups different from their own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Universities nationwide are rated annually by\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0in an effort to help prospective students and their families evaluate higher education choices. 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