Bethel University is ranked 16th among Midwestern Universities in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide, available at newsstands on August 25. The Midwestern Universities category includes Midwest colleges and universities that offer master’s programs.

Bethel’s ranking is a result, in part, of a freshman retention rate of 85%, a freshman class in which 58% of students rank in the top 25% of their high school class, and a 13:1 faculty to student ratio.