For the third consecutive year, Northern Kentucky University is ranked among the nation's top higher education institutions in Forbes magazine's America's Best Colleges 2011 list, which was released this week.
The list features 650 public and private universities from across the country. Only about 20 percent of America's undergraduate institutions make the rankings, which are exclusively prepared for Forbes by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington D.C. think tank. Rankings are based on five categories: student satisfaction, post-graduate success, student debt, four-year graduation rate and competitive awards.
NKU ranks No. 644 on the list and No. 204 in the South region.
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