The Top U.S. Colleges for Student Experience
Dalton State College in Georgia gets top marks for the quality of the campus experience it offers, according to the WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings.
Dalton State, located in northwest Georgia, just south of the Tennessee border, is one of several Southern public universities that placed in the top 10 in this category, receiving high scores from students for the quality of its campus and community life. Dalton State is followed by California Baptist University, the University of Houston-Downtown, Savannah State University and Alcorn State University.
The Florida Institute of Technology, Texas Woman’s University, Oral Roberts University, Pomona College and Florida International University round out the top 10 schools on the list. The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse surveyed over 60,000 students and recent graduates across the country between January and May.
To evaluate the quality of students’ college experiences, they were surveyed on their satisfaction with their schools’ facilities, social life and sense of community and diversity on campus. The Journal also used federal data to evaluate the diversity of schools’ faculty and student bodies with regard to race, socioeconomic background and other measures.
(For more details on how this year’s rankings were determined, read the full methodology with the ranking tables at wsj.com/collegerankings.) Mackenzie Manley, a senior at Dalton State, says the strong bonds he formed with his classmates and surrounding community have stood out to him throughout his college career. He says the college’s volunteer and professional opportunities, such as his nursing externship at a nearby healthcare facility, bolstered his sense of belonging on and off
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