{"id":20632,"date":"2018-02-02T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:52:51","slug":"baylor-again-named-a-kiplingers-best-college-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2018\/02\/baylor-again-named-a-kiplingers-best-college-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor again named a Kiplinger\u2019s &#8216;Best College Value&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20633\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kiplinger-feb18.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor students at work\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kiplinger-feb18.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kiplinger-feb18-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kiplinger-feb18-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a part of the Baylor Family, you know the value of a Baylor education &#8212; but it\u2019s always nice to hear that others, especially an authority like Kiplinger\u2019s, recognize it as well.<\/p>\n<p>For the eighth time in the last decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=190054\">Baylor has been named a \u201cBest College Value\u201d by <em>Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance<\/em><\/a>. Baylor moved up three spots in this year&#8217;s ranking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/college\/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges\/index.php?table=prv_univ\">No. 61<\/a> on the 2018 list of private universities, which measures factors like affordability, academic quality, test scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and four-year graduation rates.<\/p>\n<p>While many universities may be more inexpensive, the Kiplinger\u2019s rankings measure what students get out of their education relative to what they put in. The areas Kiplinger\u2019s measured are all areas Baylor has focused on making even stronger in recent years. A few examples of Baylor\u2019s commitment to the factors that helped lead to the Kiplinger\u2019s ranking include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/09\/fall-2017-numbers-show-record-diversity-retention-rate-interest-in-baylor\/\">Record-setting retention, diversity and graduation rates<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/09\/new-wsj-rankings-highlight-baylors-caring-community\/\">Nationally-recognized student engagement<\/a>, which earned a top-6 national ranking from the Wall Street Journal;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/parentsnetwork\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=188246\">Professors who hold students to high standards<\/a> in pursuit of their calling;<\/li>\n<li>Resources like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/successcenter\">Paul L. Foster Success Center<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=193619\">Numerous scholarship options<\/a> to make college more affordable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last item, scholarships, plays a huge role in adding value to a Baylor education for many students. If you\u2019re in position to help future Baylor students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/give\/index.php?id=49837&amp;a=2&amp;c=851&amp;a=1&amp;scode=11EXPIWS\">consider giving to Baylor scholarship funds<\/a>. That kind of investment from the Baylor Family is all about the students it benefits, but it\u2019s also nice to see that no less an authority than Kiplinger\u2019s recognizes what we all know &#8212; that Baylor students, faculty, staff and family members truly make Baylor not only a life-changing experience, but a great value to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a part of the Baylor Family, you know the value of a Baylor education &#8212; but it\u2019s always nice to hear that others, especially an authority like Kiplinger\u2019s, recognize it as well. For the eighth time in the last decade, Baylor has been named a \u201cBest College Value\u201d by Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance. Baylor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-honors","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}