College Consensus Publishes Top Consensus Ranked Women's Colleges for 2019

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Jul 24, 2019, 08:32 ET

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- College Consensus (https://www.collegeconsensus.com), a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has published their ranking of the Best Women's Colleges 2019 at https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-womens-colleges/.

To identify the Best Women's Colleges 2019, College Consensus combined the latest results from the most respected college rankings with thousands of real student reviews to produce a unique consensus score for each school. According to Consensus editors, "College Consensus gathers the publisher rankings and student reviews from around the web and distills the results into simple, easy to understand scores so students can quickly and easily compare schools."

As the editors explain, "The College Consensus methodology pulls together rankings from U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Wallethub, averaging all of a given school's numbers to get the Publisher Rating. Then we average student reviews from sites like Cappex, Niche, Student Review, and more, to get the full picture of how students see their colleges, which we call the Student Review Rating. Put them together, and we have the College Consensus." Learn more about the College Consensus rankings methodology at https://www.collegeconsensus.com/about/.

To help prospective college students and their families evaluate the educational options open to them, College Consensus has identified the best women's colleges, according to the combination of published rankings and student reviews. The top 10 are:

1. Smith College - Northampton, MA

2. Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA

3. Scripps College - Claremont, CA

4. Cottey College - Nevada, MO

5. Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr, PA

6. Barnard College - New York, NY

7. Mount Holyoke College - South Hadley, MA

8. Spelman College - Atlanta, GA

9. College of Saint Benedict - St. Joseph, MN

10. The Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Geneva, NY

"While nearly every other college and university today is coed, women's colleges remain vibrant, exemplary, and essential to higher education," according to Consensus editors. The Consensus Best Women's College ranking is intended to offer "a panoramic picture of the women's college landscape" by focusing on the needs of students "looking for a women's college to build the knowledge, expertise, skills, and confidence to take on the 21st century." As the editors explain, "Women's colleges give young women of all backgrounds the opportunity to study in an affirming, encouraging community, with some of the most influential and accomplished women in the world." For college-bound young women who want to walk in the footsteps of America's great women leaders, the College Consensus ranking points in the right direction.

College Consensus "evens the playing field by giving every perspective an equal voice," as the editors explain: "Unlike other rankings, which are limited by their methodologies [...], there's no gaming College Consensus." With the College Consensus methodology "students get the data computed into a simple, single rating based on all other ratings, making it the fullest, most objective rankings out there." By taking the long view, College Consensus can become an invaluable part of a prospective college student's research process; per the editors, "Young women seeking the supportive, inclusive environment of an all-women's college - from empowering academic programs to the networking power of robust alumni organizations - can look to College Consensus for the full picture."

College Consensus is a new approach to college rankings. We combine the latest results from the most respected college ranking systems with thousands of real student review scores. College Consensus also offers expert advice and guidance on all aspects of college life, from finding the perfect college, to getting accepted, paying for it, and finding your professional path after graduation.

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