Cosmogirl! Magazing Ranks the University of Montana Among 50 Best Colleges for Girls

For the second consecutive year, CosmoGIRL! magazine has selected The University of Montana for its list of "50 Best Colleges."

The list appears in the October issue of CosmoGIRL! available on newsstands now.

Of the 50, only 16 were public institutions. Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., was the only other school in the Pacific Northwest to make the list.

The magazine notes that UM has one of the largest percentages of alumni who volunteer for the Peace Corps. It also spotlights "UM’s intriguing course" — the Wilderness and Civilization Studies Program, saying "Dig the outdoors? You’ll love this class, where students go on a 10-day backpacking and canoeing trip along the Missouri River!"

The magazine looked for schools with small class sizes, prominent female faculty, strong women’s sports teams, career centers that excel at internship and job placement, and leadership opportunities in campus clubs and activities.

Most of the schools on the list are located in the East, Midwest and California, including such heavyweights Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke and Stanford universities, as well as the universities of California, Berkeley; Massachusetts, Amherst; Michigan, Ann Arbor; and North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Contact: Rita Munzenrider, director, University Relations, 243-4824.

Full Story: http://news.umt.edu/index.asp?sec=1&too=100&eve=8&dat=9/19/2005&npa=894