{"id":427397,"date":"2026-08-08T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427397\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:45:12","slug":"money-again-names-fpu-one-of-the-best-colleges-in-america-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427397\/","title":{"rendered":"Money again names FPU one of the Best Colleges in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno Pacific University has once again been recognized by Money as one of its Best Colleges in America, earning a 4.5-star rating in the publication\u2019s annual college rankings. This makes FPU one of only ten private colleges in California to receive a 4.5 rating or higher.<\/p>\n<p>Money\u2019s Best Colleges list evaluates four-year colleges on 25 metrics, including graduation rates, costs, financial aid, student debt and alumni salaries. The annual rankings help students and families identify colleges that deliver high value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to once again be recognized by Money,\u201d said FPU President Andr\u00e9 Stephens, Ph.D. \u201cThis recognition reflects our commitment to providing an education that is academically excellent, Christ-centered and accessible while preparing students to lead lives of purpose and service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Money evaluated more than 2,400 four-year public and private colleges across the country. Of those, 735 were selected for the Best Colleges list.\u00a0The publication\u2019s methodology measures colleges in three broad areas: educational quality, affordability and student outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Pacific continues to receive high marks from leading publications for the quality and value of its academic programs. In addition to Money, the university has been ranked highly by The Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly and U.S. News &amp; World Report.<\/p>\n<p>More information about Money\u2018s Best Colleges in America 2026 rankings and methodology is available at Money.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno Pacific University has once again been recognized by Money as one of its Best Colleges in America,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-427397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}