For the seventh consecutive year, Rosemont College has again been included in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Regional Universities North rankings. It also ranked #9 as a Top Performer on Social Mobility in 2023. This is the fourth consecutive year that Rosemont has been ranked in the top 15 and the third year it has been ranked in the top 10 on Social Mobility.
The annual U.S. News & World Report listing serves as a guide for prospective students and their families when evaluating colleges.
“We are grateful to U.S. News & World Report for recognizing our commitment to social mobility,” said Jim Cawley, Interim President of Rosemont College. “For more than 100 years, Rosemont has led the way in providing a quality education to students of all backgrounds. We don’t care what zip code they grew up in. We just want to empower them to succeed in life. This ranking affirms that when a student comes to Rosemont, it will change their life for the better.”
Rosemont is the only postsecondary institution in the Philadelphia region in the top 30 to be recognized as a college that excels in helping economically disadvantaged students obtain their degrees.
Regional Universities offer a full range of undergraduate programs and some master’s programs but few doctoral programs. U.S. News & World Report splits these rankings into four regions: North, South, Midwest, and West. The latest list assessed an all-time high of 1,500 U.S. bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality.
Rosemont has a long history of supporting societally marginalized populations to change lives through education, founded to serve as a women’s college at a time when women had very limited access to higher education. Over the course of the last few decades, Rosemont’s mission evolved to include lower-income communities of women and women of color. To further diversify the College, Rosemont transitioned to a coeducational institution in 2009. Today, Rosemont is a minority-majority institution, with 42% of students who are Pell eligible.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report for Social Mobility,” said Mika Nash, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. “We believe all people have a right to a quality education that will empower them to find their voice and use it to have positive impact in their communities. A Rosemont education provides more than small class sizes, close mentorship with our mission-driven faculty, and strong student support. We are a community that embraces each student’s unique gifts, where we foster an environment of belonging so that each student is encouraged to become the best versions of themselves.”
Founded in 1921 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Rosemont College is a private, coeducational institution that is rooted in Catholicism and welcomes people of all faiths. Rosemont offers a comprehensive education through small group and experiential learning experiences while providing campus-wide academic, spiritual, and professional support. The College respects and embraces diversity and individuality and promotes students’ lifelong success.
