U.S.News & World Report in its annual college rankings issued for 2010, has announced that Millersville University of Pennsylvania ranked in the top tier at 54 in the category of Best Universities - Master's in the North region.  That's an improvement from last year's ranking of 58.  Millersville was the highest ranked among the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities in this category.  Bloomsburg came in at 74, Shippensburg at 77 and West Chester at 81.

Highlights of the college rankings will be published in the September 2009 issue of U.S.News & World Report, available for newsstand purchase Monday, August 24. The 2010 America's Best Colleges guidebook will be available as of Tuesday, August 25.

"As we start the 2009-2010 school year, we have much to celebrate at Millersville," said Dr. Vilas Prabhu, provost of Millersville University.  "Our students are gaining national recognition, our faculty are obtaining major grants and awards and we continue to focus on service learning through our Civic and Community Engagement and Research Project (CCERP)."

Examples include:

• Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society for the second consecutive year received the national "Chapter of the Year" award.
• The student chapter of the National Broadcast Society was recipient of the NBS Model Chapter Award
• The Society for American Management student team took first place in the Society for the Advancement of Management Case Competition in Las Vegas.
• Student Affairs received a $50,000 "Students Working Against Tobacco" grant.
• The Voter Assistance and Poll Workers' projects, a partnership between the Lancaster County Board of Elections and CCERP, where 50 MU students were assigned to election facilities throughout the county for last fall's national election.
• The Walker Center Junior Associates and Fellows program, which placed 10 students in week-long "in residence sessions" in Washington, D.C., or Harrisburg, affording students interaction with representatives of all three branches of government.

U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on numerous factors, including graduation and freshman retention rates, class size and student-to-faculty ratios. Overall, the category included a total of 572 institutions nationwide, ranked by region that provide a full range of undergraduate and graduate programs.

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