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- U.S. News and World Report
Hastings College is ranked among 248 national liberal arts colleges in the 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” a guide published by U.S. News and World Report magazine.
Only three Nebraska colleges are listed in the liberal arts category, which includes schools that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the arts and sciences.
U.S. News and World Report ranks schools based on factors such as peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, class size, student selectivity and alumni giving.



