{"id":12483,"date":"2019-07-26T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:17:39","slug":"best-college-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/best-college-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiplinger&#8217;s Names K Among Best College Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/\"><em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance<\/em><\/a>, a publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, named Kalamazoo College among its 400 Best College Values for 2019 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12484\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12484 size-large\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Best College Values cMcGuire SPR 2015 1688\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/Best-College-Values-cMcGuire-SPR-2015-1688.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kiplinger&#8217;s Personal Finance<\/em> ranked Kalamazoo College No. 92 overall and No. 50 among private liberal arts colleges on its list of the Best College Values.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rankings place K No. 92 overall in the country and No. 50 among private liberal arts schools, making it the top-ranked private liberal arts college in Michigan. The honor confirms that K combines a quality education with affordability to provide a transformative experience accessible to students regardless of their financial need. That transformative experience is available through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/\"><em>K-Plan<\/em><\/a>, which combines rigorous scholarship, experiential learning, independent research and international and intercultural engagement in a distinctive approach to the liberal arts and sciences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flexibility of the <em>K-Plan<\/em> allows us to seek out students with a broad array of interests, achievements and experiences,\u201d said Eric Staab, K\u2019s dean of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/admission\">admission<\/a> and financial aid. \u201cOur efforts attempt to prevent costs from being barriers for students who can contribute their distinctive ideas and talents to, and benefit from, our richly diverse campus and programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kiplinger\u2019s analyzes employment outcomes, graduation rates, student-to-faculty ratios and low student debt at graduation to compile its rankings. More than 98 percent of all K students receive financial aid and\/or scholarships, 74 percent graduate within four years, and 91 percent of the class of 2018 was employed within six months of graduation.<\/p>\n<p>The full list will appear in the September 2019 issue of <em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance, a publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, named Kalamazoo College among its 400 Best College Values for 2019 on Thursday. The rankings place K No. 92 overall in the country and No. 50 among private liberal arts schools, making it the top-ranked private liberal arts college in Michigan. 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Finance<\/em> ranked Kalamazoo College No. 92 overall and No. 50 among private liberal arts colleges on its list of the Best College Values.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rankings place K No. 92 overall in the country and No. 50 among private liberal arts schools, making it the top-ranked private liberal arts college in Michigan. The honor confirms that K combines a quality education with affordability to provide a transformative experience accessible to students regardless of their financial need. That transformative experience is available through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/\"><em>K-Plan<\/em><\/a>, which combines rigorous scholarship, experiential learning, independent research and international and intercultural engagement in a distinctive approach to the liberal arts and sciences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flexibility of the <em>K-Plan<\/em> allows us to seek out students with a broad array of interests, achievements and experiences,\u201d said Eric Staab, K\u2019s dean of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/admission\">admission<\/a> and financial aid. \u201cOur efforts attempt to prevent costs from being barriers for students who can contribute their distinctive ideas and talents to, and benefit from, our richly diverse campus and programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kiplinger\u2019s analyzes employment outcomes, graduation rates, student-to-faculty ratios and low student debt at graduation to compile its rankings. More than 98 percent of all K students receive financial aid and\/or scholarships, 74 percent graduate within four years, and 91 percent of the class of 2018 was employed within six months of graduation.<\/p>\n<p>The full list will appear in the September 2019 issue of <em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance<\/em>.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17888,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483\/revisions\/17888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12483"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=12483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}