Washington Monthly has ranked FAMU among the nation's top 100 national universities. The rankings are based upon each respective university's contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). FAMU placed 82nd in the magazine's 2011 ranking.
While conventional rankings like those published by U.S. News & World Report are designed to show what colleges can do for you, Washington Monthly rankings pose a different question: What are colleges doing for the country?
While conventional rankings like those published by U.S. News & World Report are designed to show what colleges can do for you, Washington Monthly rankings pose a different question: What are colleges doing for the country?
"Higher education, after all, isn’t just important for undergraduates. We all benefit when colleges produce groundbreaking research that drives economic growth, when they offer students from low-income families the path to a better life, and when they shape the character of future leaders," said Washington Monthly editor Paul Glastris. "We all pay for it, through hundreds of billions of dollars in public subsidies. Everyone has a stake in how that money is spent."
The complete rankings are available here.
The complete rankings are available here.
