Carroll ranks ahead of the rest

Forbes lists Waukesha college higher than UW, Marquette By SCOTT WILLIAMS swilliams@journalsentinel.com Waukesha - Better than Madison? Better than Marquette? SPECIAL SECTION: Get complete coverage of news and features about education in the Milwaukee area, Wisconsin and beyond, including weblogs, podcasts and our hot topics discussion forum. Even students who enthusiastically chose Carroll University found it hard to believe Tuesday that Waukesha’s private, four-year college beat Wisconsin’s largest in a new national ranking. “Wow, that surprises me,” said Megan Falk, a freshman psychology major from Lindenhurst, Ill. In ranking America’s best colleges, Forbes magazine this week listed Carroll as Wisconsin’s second-best, trailing only Lawrence University in Appleton. Ranked as the nation’s 96th best overall, the Waukesha... [read full story]