VMI has retained its ranking just behind the service academies in the latest U.S. News and World Report ranking of national public liberal arts colleges in America.
VMI was ranked fourth in the list of public liberal arts colleges, as the U.S. Air Force Academy took the third ranking, held by VMI for the past five years. VMI had been ranked third behind the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy since 2007.
Among all public and private liberal arts colleges, VMI was ranked No. 71, down from the No. 62 spot it had held for the prior two years.
The rankings are based on such factors as a college’s reputation as rated by academic leaders nationally; the retention of students; class size; the quality of the faculty; the quality of students; financial resources; graduation rate performance; and the alumni giving rate.
