{"id":40802267521,"date":"2022-09-06T21:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802267521"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:45:18","slug":"monmouth-university-featured-in-washington-monthlys-annual-guide-and-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-university-featured-in-washington-monthlys-annual-guide-and-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth University Featured in Washington Monthly&#8217;s Annual Guide and Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Washington Monthly 2022 college rankings\" class=\"wp-image-40802267536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-1183x1536.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/SeptOct_22_WM_Cover.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monmouth University was recently featured in &#8220;Washington Monthly\u2019s&#8221; annual college guide and rankings, which ranks colleges and universities based on \u201cwhat they do for our country.\u201d Monmouth appears on the 2022 College Rankings: Master\u2019s University list and the 2022 Best Bang for the Buck Colleges:&nbsp;Northeast list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Washington Monthly&#8221; ranks its 2022 master\u2019s universities by their contribution to the greater good in three categories: social mobility, research, and promoting public service. The publication determines scores by considering factors such as graduation retention, Pell Grant availability, overall affordability, loan repayment rates, student military or Peace Corp service, number of alumni pursuing advanced degrees, and more. This is Monmouth\u2019s fifth consecutive year appearing on the list, climbing five spots higher than the 2021 ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monmouth also appears on the 2022 Best Bang for the Buck Colleges:&nbsp;Northeast list, which is ranked according to how well the institution \u201chelp[s] non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices\u201d by taking a detailed look at the \u201csocial mobility\u201d data component of the overall ranking. This is Monmouth\u2019s second consecutive year appearing on the list, also five spots higher than the 2021 ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the full rankings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2022-college-guide\/masters\/\">2022 College Rankings: Master\u2019s University<\/a> list and the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2022-college-guide\/best-bang-for-the-buck-rankings-northeast\/\">2022 Best Bang for the Buck Colleges:&nbsp;Northeast<\/a> list, and explore Washington Monthly\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2022\/08\/28\/a-note-on-methodology-4-year-colleges-and-universities-13\/\">full methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Washington Monthly&#8221; ranks master\u2019s universities by their contribution to the greater good in three categories: social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40802267561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,417,414],"tags":[],"person":[621],"audience":[],"school":[116,5,26,140,89],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802267521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-excellence","category-awards-publications-research","category-campus-life","person-patrick-leahy","school-honors-school","school-leon-hess-business-school","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences","school-school-of-nursing-and-health-studies","school-school-of-social-work"],"squareimage":{"id":40802267543,"rendered":"<img width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Washington Monthly 2022 Rankings\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/WashMon-ranking22-1.jpg","width":400,"height":400}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802267521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802267521"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802267521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802290098,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802267521\/revisions\/40802290098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802267561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802267521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802267521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802267521"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802267521"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802267521"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802267521"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802267521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}