Grand Valley Named "Best College Buy"

Date: October 8, 2009

Grand Valley named 'Best College Buy' for 14 straight years

Date: October 2, 2009

For the 14th year in a row, Grand Valley has been named one of America's 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc. in Georgia.

Each year, Institutional Research identifies the 100 American colleges and universities providing students the very highest quality education at the lowest cost. Grand Valley has made the list far more times than any other Michigan institution; authors of the report say it is because of Grand Valley's high academic performance coupled with its low cost. Hillsdale and Calvin colleges were the only other Michigan schools to make the list.

To be considered for the designation, an institution must:

• Be an accredited, four year institution;
• Offer full residential facilities
• Have an entering freshmen class in the fall of 2008 with a high school GPA and/or SAT/ACT equal to or above the national average for entering college freshmen;
• Out-of-state tuition in 2009-2010 below the national average or not exceeding the national average cost by more than 10 percent.