April 14, 1999

KU LISTED AS ONE OF 'AMERICA'S 100 BEST COLLEGE BUYS'

LAWRENCE -- Low tuition and a freshman class with above-average grade-point averages and test scores has the University of Kansas listed as one of the nation's "100 best college buys."

KU is included in "America's 100 Best College Buys--2000," an annual report published by Institutional Research and Evaluation Inc., an independent research and consulting organization specializing in the recruiting and retention of students for institutions of higher education.

The report focused on tuition and the GPAs and ACT test scores of incoming freshman to determine which colleges and universities provided the highest quality in education at the lowest cost.

According to the survey, the average incoming freshman has a GPA of 3.16 on a 4.0 scale, and an ACT score of 21. KU's freshman have a cumulative 3.34 GPA and an ACT of 24.

"A college or university does not have to be expensive to be good," said Lewis T. Lindsey Jr., IRE president. "In the 1998-1999 school year, students attending one of America's 100 Best College Buys saved an average of $2,399 over the national average of one year of college.

Sixty-three public and 37 private colleges and universities met the requirements for the report, and 37 states were represented.

Story by Todd Cohen, University Relations, (785) 864-8858

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