Ohio Wesleyan University Named One of the Decade's "Hottest" Schools

Ohio Wesleyan University Named One of Decade’s ‘Hottest Schools’

December 15, 2009

DELAWARE, OH – The Daily Beast, a Web-based media outlet founded by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, has named Ohio Wesleyan University one of the decade’s hottest colleges. Ohio Wesleyan is ranked sixth of the list of 15 colleges, all of which are described as “new class of first-choice schools.”

According to the publication, “the past 10 years transformed the collegiate landscape, creating a whole new class of first-choice schools.” In a blog by education reporter Kathleen Kingsbury, who also is contributing writer for Time magazine, the schools are rated in this order:

University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University
Indiana University at Bloomington
Elon University
Tufts University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Colorado College
Washington University
Bard College
California State University
Rhode Island School of Design
University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Washington and Lee
George Washington University
University of Georgia

According to The Daily Beast, it receives about 3.9 million unique visitors and 35 million page views per month.

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