WSU breaks into top 100 Universities, Improves from 123 to 95
Good news for blue collar Wayne State University whose reputation is now enhanced by being ranked 95th among America's top universities rated on an interesting set of factors.
The Washington Monthly rated the universities based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility [[recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research [[producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service [[encouraging students to give something back to their country).
Other high finishers include metro Detroit's University of Michigan at number 13 [above all Ivy League Schools except number 11 Harvard]. MSU at 34 and Western Michigan at 90 round out the State honorees.
