The 2015 U.S. News & World Report rankings have just been released and St. Norbert

College is once again named one of "America's Best National Liberal Arts Colleges." St.

Norbert is listed in the top tier and moved up eleven spots from 134 to 123.

St. Norbert is among the top 10 Catholic liberal arts colleges in the nation.

St. Norbert College was also ranked fifth among national liberal arts institutions for "Best

Colleges for Veterans." Colleges making this list participate in federal initiatives helping

veterans and active service members apply, pay for and complete their degrees.

"We appreciate this recognition and are proud to be among the nation's best liberal arts

colleges," said President Thomas Kunkel. "It's our mission to graduate outstanding

citizens who make a difference in the lives of others."

For 18 years, U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Norbert among the top

comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. For the last eight years the college has been

listed among the nation's best liberal arts colleges. The change came following St.

Norbert's reclassification in 2006 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of

Teaching -- an independent policy and research center that partners with U.S. News &

World Report for its rankings.

Several factors help account for the college's higher ranking. Its freshman retention rate

is 83 percent, and its graduation rate (74 percent) exceeds by 7 percent the predicted

rate (67 percent) based on the college's student body. Peer assessment, faculty

resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving are also key factors.

"We continue to build the St. Norbert College student experience--we've enhanced our

honors program, expanded our community outreach, and, with great donor support,

invested nearly $100 million in new or renovated facilities in the last six years," said

Kunkel. "Our new Gehl-Mulva Science Center is a state-of-the-art resource for the natural

sciences, and it also houses the Medical College of Wisconsin's Green Bay-area campus.

Pair that with having one of the best graduation rates in the state of Wisconsin, and we

have genuine momentum at St. Norbert College."

St. Norbert is also recognized as one of the Best Midwestern Colleges in the 2014 edition

of The Princeton Review; is named as one of the best universities in the nation to learn,

grow and succeed by Colleges of Distinction; was recently listed 32 in "America's Best

Bang for the Buck" rankings among liberal arts colleges by Washington Monthly; and has

been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with

distinction.