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BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2009 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.
"Western is the premier public master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of our educational experience offered to our students through the efforts of our dedicated faculty and staff," said Western President Karen W. Morse.
Western also is ranked third among top public master's-granting universities in the West, a region stretching from Texas to the Pacific.
Western is 19th place overall among comparable schools - public and private - in the West. Since the first U.S. News rankings in 1987, Western has been highly rated in 20 of 22 years.
U.S. News has separate categories for "national" (doctoral-granting or research) universities and liberal arts colleges and for specialties such as business and engineering.
The news magazine's annual rankings are posted on its Web site, http://www.usnews.com/. Rankings are based on a variety of criteria including academic reputation, student selectivity and retention, faculty resources, peer assessment and financial resources.
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