Marywood University’s Quality and Value Recognized by U.S. News “Best Colleges” for 2025
Marywood University continues to offer the “Best Value” among Northeast Pennsylvania universities, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges ranking.
Moving up four places to #18 on the regional universities (North) ranked for “Best Value,” Marywood continues to demonstrate its affordability as the only local four-year private university included in this category.
According to U.S. News, the “Best Value” ranking considers a school’s academic quality—the higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal. Only schools ranked in or near the top half of their categories are included, because U.S. News considers the most significant values to be among colleges that are above average academically.
Marywood, which was the only local university on the “Best Colleges for Veterans” (Regional Universities North), is ranked at #18 (tie), advancing a full 28 placements from last year’s ranking. According to U.S. News, this designation includes the top-ranked schools in the 2025 Best Colleges rankings that participate in federal initiatives helping veterans and active-duty service members pay for their degrees.
Marywood University moved ahead six rankings, tying at #44, to strengthen its overall position on the “Best Regional Universities North” list, which includes institutions from seven states. Marywood is one of only four local universities to attain placement on this list, and the second highest ranked of those four, demonstrating its enduring quality as a higher education provider in the region.
Additionally, Marywood maintained its strong placement from last year in the Top Performers on Social Mobility, ranking #64 overall. This includes institutions that are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. The social mobility ranking also includes borrower debt and college graduates earning more than high school graduates.
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