Corban College Ranked Eighth-Best in The West by U.S. News and World Report

Offering 45 majors and programs of study, it's the only Christian college to be ranked in the West's top 10.

Corban College in Salem Photo by: Tim King

(SALEM) - Corban College has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the eighth-best comprehensive college in the West.

Every year, U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges edition scores colleges on a mix of factors, including reputation among peers, student retention and faculty resources.

The 2007 edition hit newsstands Friday.

Corban has been ranked in the top 10 in the West for the last five years. It was ranked ninth last year.

Top finishers above Corban are first-ranked Linfield College, followed by Carroll College in Montana, Master's College and Seminary in California, Brigham Young University in Hawaii, Texas Lutheran University and Vanguard University of Southern California.

Corban was also recognized as a "best value" college by the magazine, which ranked it fourth in the West.

The college moved up two places from sixth last year and seventh the year before.

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