University of Lynchburg is ranked 33 in the new 2015 College Choice Ranking of Regional Universities – South, the first published by College Choice, an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college.
College Choicesays the rankings are based exclusively on factors actual college freshmen said were most important to their college decision. According to the most recent nationwide survey published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, these factors include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the post-college job market.
Each of these factors was weighted equally in their ranking and data was derived from a variety of publicly available sources, including U.S. News & World Report, the National Center for Education Statistics, and PayScale.