U.S. News & World Report Ranks SSU in
This is the first time that SSU has earned such a placement for two consecutive years. The new 1999 rankings were released today.
The endorsement come on the heels of ratings in the September issue of Kiplinger's, the personal finance magazine, which placed Salisbury No. 56--in the top 10 percent--among nearly 600 public universities in the country.
Earlier this year Baltimore magazine profiled Salisbury State in its article titled "Good Colleges Close By."
Such ratings often look at the quality of students enrolled at the institution. This year's freshman class of 920 includes four National Merit Scholars (the largest such cohort in SSU history), nine valedictorians and five salutatorians. The freshmen and transfer students represent 21 states and six foreign countries. Most--some 70 percent--are Marylanders.
Said SSU President William C. Merwin, "These rankings recognize what we have known on campus for a long time. Salisbury State provides its students one of the best educational values in the nation. I am particularly gratified that the extraordinary hard work of faculty and staff is being nationally recognized for its excellence."
The shore land is the latest marker in SSU's Capital Campaign which began in 1995 and will end in 2002. Recent major gifts have included $200,000 from Charles and Martha Fulton of Snow Hill for scholarships, $500,000 from Nabb to endow the Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture and $1 million from Richard A. Henson for science equipment. So far SSU has raised more than $9 million toward its $13 million goal.