Alverno recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges"

Published Sept. 12, 2012 at 9:26 a.m.

U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges guidebook has recognized Alverno College one of the Midwest's top four schools for its "strong commitment to teaching."

Alverno is the only Wisconsin college to achieve this distinction all three years of the category's existence. The guidebook also ranked the college one of the nation's top institutions for First-Year Experience, Learning Communities and Senior Capstone.

This is the 12th consecutive year the U.S. News & World Report has named Alverno to its annual rankings. The College has been listed a total of 29 times since 1983.

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