The college planning website BestColleges.com has named Augsburg to its list of the top聽colleges for older students. Augsburg is ranked No. 9, making it the highest listed聽Minnesota聽institution.
In order to create the rankings, BestColleges.com examined all schools with a nontraditional student body of 25 percent聽or more聽and then narrowed its聽list to only those schools that provide a high quality education. The site examined each school’s academics, student engagement, percentage of students above age 25, and programs geared toward nontraditional students.聽The site trimmed its聽list to 50 schools by examining institutions’ range of degree programs at the baccalaureate level or higher.