Marietta College News

Princeton Review recognizes Marietta as a ‘Best Midwestern College’
August 19, 2008

Marietta College continues to be one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review's 2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region. Marietta is one of the 159 colleges named a "Best Midwestern College."

"It is outstanding to see that, again this year, Marietta College is highly regarded as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the Midwest by The Princeton Review," said David Rhodes, Vice President for Enrollment Management. "I am always pleased to see Marietta College do well in the national surveys because that confirms what we already know—that Marietta College provides a first rate education to its students."

The 159 colleges The Princeton Review chose for this year’s "Best in the Midwest" designations are located in 12 states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The Princeton Review also designated 212 colleges in the Northeast, 120 in the West, and 139 in the Southeast as best in their locales on the company’s 2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region section on its site. The 630 colleges named "regional best(s)" represent only about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.

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Annual Matriculation Ceremony highlights arrival of Class of 2012
August 19, 2008

Marietta College's class of 2012, which is expected to be close to 390 freshmen, will begin arriving on campus on Thursday, Aug. 21, as the College welcomes them during the annual freshman move-in day. Later that day Marietta will conduct its traditional Matriculation Ceremony at 7 p.m. on Fenton Court in the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center.

This marks the sixth consecutive fall the College has matriculated at least 375 new students. Marietta's Office of Admission expects around 470 total new students will join Marietta this fall, studying in one of the 43 majors offered. The College's overall enrollment has increased to more than 1,500, which includes continuing education and graduate programs.

While Matriculation signifies the formal enrollment at the College, orientation activities will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday with academic advising and registration in the Academic Resource Center, and continue until 1:30 p.m. Sunday with a Class Photo on the front steps of the Hermann Fine Arts Center.

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Forbes ranks Marietta College in top 30 percent of U.S. Colleges
August 15, 2008

A new college ranking released this week by Forbes.com ranks Marietta College in the top 30 percent of "America’s Best Colleges."

Forbes has named Marietta America’s 168th Best College. The rankings include 569 of the roughly 4,000 undergraduate institutions. The standing lands Marietta between the University of Florida (167) and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (169).

Leading the rankings are Princeton, California Institute of Technology, Harvard, Swarthmore and Williams.

"We are proud of the ranking and the affirmation it provides for what we already believed we were doing right. It also reflects the impact our alumni make in the world, the quality of teaching and learning that is taking place at Marietta as well as the excellent student engagement with faculty," said David Rhodes, Vice President for Enrollment Management. "It is also important to notethat ...

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