Awards and Rankings

Valpo is among the institutions of higher education featured in the new edition of “The Best 373 Colleges,” published by the Princeton Review and released in August 2010. About 15 percent of four-year colleges and universities in the United States are listed. Valpo is recognized for offering a comprehensive educational experience that inspires students to create meaningful change as leaders in their professional and personal lives.

Valpo also is one of 152 Midwest colleges included in The Princeton Review’s website feature “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region.”

Valparaiso University has been ranked as a leader among several educational publication reports:

• Ranked #5 for quality and #3 for value in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report  2009-2010
• Ranked #3 for “Best Undergraduate Teaching (Midwest)” by  U.S. News & World Report 2009-2010
• Ranked #5 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of  “A+ Schools for B Students.”
• Valparaiso University’s College of Engineering ranked by U.S. News & World Report 2009-2010 as one of the top 15 percent of U.S. institutions offering undergraduate degrees in engineering.
• Valparaiso University’s Civil Engineering program ranked #7 in the nation among undergraduate engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report 2009-2010.
• Featured in Princeton Review’s “Best 296 Business Schools”
• Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education”
• Peterson’s Competitive Colleges
• The Templeton Guide: “Colleges that Encourage Character Development”