{"id":228480,"date":"2026-10-23T19:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/for-the-third-consecutive-year-the-citadel-named-1-regional-university-in-the-south-by-u-s-news-world-report-the-citadel-today\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:37:20","slug":"for-the-third-consecutive-year-the-citadel-named-1-regional-university-in-the-south-by-u-s-news-world-report-the-citadel-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/for-the-third-consecutive-year-the-citadel-named-1-regional-university-in-the-south-by-u-s-news-world-report-the-citadel-today\/","title":{"rendered":"For the third consecutive year, The Citadel named #1 Regional University in the South by U.S. News & World Report – The Citadel Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official: For the third year in a row, The Citadel has been ranked the #1 Regional University in the South<\/a>.
The Military College of South Carolina leads the category, which includes more than 150 public and private institutions from 12 states.
U.S. News & World Report<\/em> \u2014 which released their annual rankings Tuesday, Sept. 22. \u2014 also named The Citadel as the #1 Best Public University in the South for the 16th consecutive time.
\u201cThis ranking is a credit to our exceptional faculty and staff who work tirelessly to prepare our cadets and students for their next steps after graduation,\u201d said The Citadel President Gen. Frank McKenzie, USMC (Ret.), \u201979<\/a>. \u201cOur unique educational model continues to successfully develop principled leaders and citizen-soldiers in a way that is recognized around the country.\u201d
It was not the only recognition the college received. 
Other notable rankings earned by The Citadel include:
\u201cOur goal is to prepare graduates for life after college,\u201d said Kevin Bower, Ph.D. interim provost of The Citadel<\/a>. \u201cOur faculty integrate rigorous academics with hands-on learning opportunities that prepare students for success after graduation. It is rewarding to see the impact of those efforts, and the achievements of our graduates, recognized by U.S. News & World Report<\/em>.\u201d
This is also the ninth consecutive year that The Citadel is ranked Best College for Veterans in the South, demonstrating The Citadel’s continued commitment to its veteran students. Veterans may enroll in any of the programs offered by The Citadel, including the day and evening undergraduate programs as well as the master\u2019s programs.
For more information on the academic programs offered by The Citadel,\u202fclick here. (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a> 
The announcement follows The Citadel\u2019s recent recognition by TIME<\/a> as South Carolina\u2019s leading institution in its inaugural America\u2019s Best Colleges ranking. That evaluation emphasized student outcomes relative to the cost of an education.
U.S. News & World Report<\/em> was one of the first American publishers to produce a college rankings list based on a complex formula of publicly reported data that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education annually by all institutions of higher education. 
To learn more about the methodology used for these rankings, click here (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>. 
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It’s official: For the third year in a row, The Citadel has been ranked the #1 Regional University in the South.The Military College of South Carolina leads the category, which includes more than 150 public and private institutions from 12 states.U.S. News & World Report \u2014 which released their annual rankings Tuesday, Sept. 22. \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}