{"id":49510,"date":"2023-09-12T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=49510"},"modified":"2023-09-20T16:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:14:55","slug":"tarleton-state-categorically-ranks-among-top-5-universities-by-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-categorically-ranks-among-top-5-universities-by-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State Categorically Ranks Among Top 5 Universities by WSJ\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014&nbsp;<em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;latest rankings have Tarleton State University fifth among universities highly recommended by students and recent alumni.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"MicrosoftTeams image\" class=\"wp-image-49511\" style=\"width:565px;height:348px\" width=\"565\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image.jpg 1341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommendation scores, part of the&nbsp;<em>Journal<\/em>\u2019s 2024 Best Colleges in America rankings, were developed in collaboration with research partners College Pulse and Statista. The scores put students\u2019 experiences at the heart of the methodology in one of the largest surveys of verified U.S. students and recent alumni ever conducted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey gathered views on the quality and frequency of learning opportunities, career preparation and satisfaction with learning facilities to derive an overall recommendation score.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton earned 87\/100 on the recommendation score, which measured:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The extent to which students would recommend their school to a friend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whether students would choose the same school again if they could start over<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Satisfaction with the value for money that their school provides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For reference, Princeton University&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;No. 1 overall 2024 Best College&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;earned a recommendation score of 84, and Brigham Young University, No. 20 overall, received the highest recommendation score of 93.&nbsp;Tarleton State tied with BYU-Idaho and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled \u2014 and not surprised \u2014 that our students and alumni would recommend Tarleton State to their friends. The academics, the knowledge exchange, the campus life \u2014 they\u2019re all here,\u201d said university President James Hurley. \u201cFrom their first day on campus, our students know they\u2019re part of the Tarleton family. Their success is our top priority, and that will never change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal\u2019s&nbsp;latest rankings have Tarleton State University fifth among universities highly recommended by students and recent alumni.&nbsp; Recommendation scores, part of the&nbsp;Journal\u2019s 2024 Best Colleges in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":49441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":384,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/08\/Front-Gates-Spring-Flowers_7580-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/homepage\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 12, 2023","modified":"Updated on September 20, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 12, 2023 4:08 pm","modified":"Updated on September 20, 2023 4:14 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Stone entrance sign with \"TARLETON\" and flower bed at Tarleton State University.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}