Loyola Marymount University continued its blistering tear through Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the nation’s top colleges and universities, landing at #136 on the 2011 list, announced this month.
LMU has shot up more than 300 places since Forbes began publishing its “America’s Best Colleges” issue in 2008. The university’s current ranking places it within the top five percent of four-year colleges nationwide.
The university continues to be recognized by numerous college ranking guides. U.S. News and World Report listed LMU #3 in Master’s Universities in the West in its most recent issue ranking colleges and universities.
The Forbes list also places LMU among the top five Jesuit colleges and universities, and in the top fifteen schools in California.