Once again, Bradley ranked among the top universities nationwide!

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Kiplinger's ranking of the Top 100 Best Values
Bradley is #56...ahead of such notable schools as Fordham, SMU, Dayton, Baylor, Syracuse, Butler, Saint Louis, Xavier, and others..

http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges/

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/best-values-in-private-colleges-2010-2011.html

[jasonpeoria911]

I would imagine with Caterpillar hiring like crazy again, Bradley engineering applicants will rise rapidly. When I was looking for a job last year, Caterpillar had 1 job in the Peoria area. A year later, they now have 95 jobs in the Peoria area lol.

Jason

[AZ BU Fan]

Mgmt job opportunities at Cat will continue to improve, not only in Peoria, but throughout the US Cat Facilities, as older employees continue to retire and the business recovers globally. Acquisitions will also help raise employment opportunities as well.

If the Fed Gov ever gets serious about expanding/improving the US infastructure, developing high speed rail operations, new pipelines, new nuclear power capability, natural gas/oil/shale oil/coal to oil projects, developing additional water resources, look for more opportunities at Cat and additional cooperation between BU and Big Yellow...

[Braves4Life]

Mgmt job opportunities at Cat will continue to improve, not only in Peoria, but throughout the US Cat Facilities, as older employees continue to retire and the business recovers globally. Acquisitions will also help raise employment opportunities as well.

If the Fed Gov ever gets serious about expanding/improving the US infastructure, developing high speed rail operations, new pipelines, new nuclear power capability, natural gas/oil/shale oil/coal to oil projects, developing additional water resources, look for more opportunities at Cat and additional cooperation between BU and Big Yellow...

Excellent observation, and right on the mark AZ BU Fan.

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Forbes 2013 ranking

this year's Forbes rankings of the best colleges...

Bradley does quite well...certainly well above most of the state universities

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/07/24/americas-top-colleges-2013/

http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:_filter:Illinois

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this year's Forbes rankings of the best colleges...

Bradley does quite well...certainly well above most of the state universities...

Bradley still rates well in the 2015 edition of the Forbes rankings...
however Bradley has fallen off a bit...

in 2013 Bradley was ranked #248 nationally with a "Financial Rating" of "B" - but now it's #278 with "B-"

http://www.forbes.com/colleges/bradley-university/

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More new rankings from 2016...

US News just ranked Bradley among the top Universities in the midwest

http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/john-carroll-ranked-as-top-10-university-in-midwest/317790592

and Bradley's ENGINEERING SCHOOL ranks in the TOP 25 NATIONWIDE!!

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/bradley-university-1641

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Forbes ranks Bradley among the best schools in the state

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/promotions/chi-ugc-article-forbes-says-elmhurst-college-is-one-of-illi-7-2017-06-26-story.html

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Bradley again gets noted among top ranking universities...

This time - a study of how HIGH of earnings Illinois' college graduates earn!!

"Graduates of Illinois' private universities earn more than public counterparts"

"Six of the ten top universities in Illinois are private schools, largely because graduates earn so much more.

..The list is dominated by private schools ....Illinois Institute of Technology, Wesleyan University, Wheaton College....and Bradley University."

“People who attend these private institutions tend to make $20,000 to $30,000 more 10 years out than those attending public institutions...
..the rule of "you get what you pay for" is generally true with Illinois schools, but some, like Bradley University, offer good value because
“they’re really middle of the board in terms of financing but have really great career outcomes.”

btw- ISU doesn't even make the list!!

https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/report-graduates-of-illinois-private-universities-earn-more-than-public/article_424f2b62-bb4b-11e7-82c1-cbddf2cd5851.html

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/ilnews.org/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4c/74cd829a-bd90-11e7-8d5a-cf26b70961aa/59f755e245520.pdf.pdf

[Canton BU fan]

Not totally buying this chart

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well, here's another similar ranking from a completely different source (altho a little older), but the numbers are almost exactly the same up and down the line

https://www.collegetransitions.com/graduate-earnings-by-institution