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gvwireThe accolades continue for Fresno State, which has many missions, not the least of which is to graduate first-generation college students.
Washington Monthly ranked Fresno State No. 24 in the nation among out of 395 public and private colleges on its latest list of top national universities.
And, two weeks ago, the university placed No. 35 in Money Magazine’s top 50 “Best Public Colleges” list, which measures the quality of education, affordability, and outcomes.
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In spring 2019, nearly 6,000 students — about 63% of whom are first-generation — graduated from Fresno State. It was the largest class in school history.
About 24,000 students are enrolled this fall, and nearly 90% are from the Central Valley. In addition, the 2019-20 state budget is providing funding for 1,000 upper-division transfer students in the spring semester.
An integral part of the Fresno State “experience” for students and staff is community collaboration.
Thousands of students, faculty and staff volunteers provided more than 1 million hours of service to the community this past year, just as they have done annually over the past decade. They paint murals at local schools, work with community benefit organizations, and run a camp for children dealing with a parent’s cancer diagnosis.
Fresno State was reclassified as a Carnegie doctoral university in 2016. Fresno State offers doctoral degrees in nursing, physical therapy, and educational leadership.
You can view Washington Monthly’s 2019 National University Rankings at this link.
Fresno State is among the “Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics” in four categories of The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine’s annual rankings.
The university ranked No. 22 for total enrollment of Hispanic students in four-year schools and No. 40 in awarding graduate degrees to Hispanics.
Fresno State also ranked high by major, placing second in the top 10 for awarding agricultural business and management degrees and eighth for awarding bachelor’s degrees in parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies. The rankings were based on 2017 data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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