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To establish the set of colleges included in the rankings, we started with the 1,950 colleges in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., listed in the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated ...

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Plus, our first-of-its-kind ranking of the best colleges for rural America.  Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To ...

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