Washington Monthly, a Washington, D.C.-based magazine, announced today that Fresno State ranked No. 26 out of 389 private and public universities for best serving the country in the areas of social mobility, research and civic engagement.

For the fifth straight year, Fresno State is the only California State University in the top 30, along with six Ivy League institutions, seven University of California campuses, MIT and top-ranked Stanford University.

Washington Monthly prides itself on publishing “a different kind of college ranking,” calling attention to colleges based on their contribution to the public good, not prestige or wealth.

One week ago, the University also ranked high in Money Magazine’s Best Colleges rankings, which measures affordability, quality of education and outcomes. Fresno State ranked NO. 7 in the Most Transformative College ranking “where students beat the odds by doing better than would be expected from their academic and economic backgrounds,” the magazine said. Additionally, Fresno State ranked No. 40 on the magazine’s Best Public College rankings.

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