JOLIET, Ill. – After being named a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine and a College of Distinction by collegesofdistinction.com, the University of St. Francis has also been ranked in the top tier of Midwest regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s edition of “Best Colleges” for the ninth consecutive year. It was also named one of the best Midwestern colleges by The Princeton Review.

Rankings were determined by various factors, including freshman retention and graduation rates, class sizes, student to faculty ratios, peer institution assessments, alumni giving rates, programming and more.