Ranked for the third time on the exclusive “Great Schools, Great Prices” list in U.S.News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges guide, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma holds onto its No. 1 spot among all baccalaureate colleges – public and private – in the western United States this fall. USAO is ranked No. 1 on the “best buys” list for both academic quality and reasonable cost, according to the magazine’s website.

Only 13 percent of all colleges and universities ranked by U.S. News across the U.S. are included on the “best buys” list. The 2010 edition will hit newsstands nationwide on Friday.

“For the eighth year in a row, USAO remains the highest-ranked public college in Oklahoma in the annual rankings by America’s Best Colleges,” Feaver said.

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Flanked by faculty members, USAO President John Feaver welcomes 182 freshman at a matriculation ceremony on Thursday. Classes begin Aug. 24 at USAO, which marks 100 years to the week when the first classes were held here in August 1909.