{"id":532102,"date":"2016-09-05T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=532102"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T17:54:01","slug":"letu-named-to-kiplingers-top-100-universities-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=532102","title":{"rendered":"LETU Named to Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 100 Universities in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/09\/LeTourneau-University-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/09\/LeTourneau-University-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LeTourneau-University-logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-532103\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c LeTourneau University is ranked among the top 100 private universities in the United States, among the 1,200 reviewed by Kiplinger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list of Best College Values for 2016.  LeTourneau University is ranked number 76 in Kiplinger&#8217;s list of Best Values in Private Colleges nationwide.  In a news release, LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford points out that the list is &#8220;topped by Ivy League schools like Princeton, Yale, and Harvard.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He notes that the only other Texas schools on the list were Rice, SMU, and San Antonio&#8217;s Trinity University. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Kiplinger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rankings considered competitiveness, graduation rates, academic support (including freshmen retention rate\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe percentage of freshmen students who return for their sophomore year), and cost and financial aid.  Kiplinger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only measured four-year graduation rates, which penalizes schools with students who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t complete their degrees within four years.  The list ranked schools using cost and financial aid measures with quality attributed for 55% and cost accounting for 45% of the ranking score. Because private schools generally offer more financial aid and have higher graduation rates than public schools, many private schools are found at the top of the list, according to the news release.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/4aDX303QIt1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/4aDX303QIt1<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c LeTourneau University is ranked among the top 100 private universities in the United States, among the 1,200 reviewed by Kiplinger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list of Best College Values for 2016. LeTourneau University is ranked number 76 in Kiplinger&#8217;s list of Best Values in Private Colleges nationwide. In a news release, LETU President Dr. Dale A. 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