Truman Named a Best Buy in Fiske Guide to Colleges

For more than 40 years, the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” has chosen a select group of schools based on academic quality and affordability for its best buy list. The 2025 guide includes 20 schools – 10 public and 10 private – it deems as best buys. These are schools that, in the judgement of the editors, offer “outstanding educational value as determined by academic quality in relation to the net cost of attendance.”

Truman has been included in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” for 10 consecutive years. This year’s list includes colleges and universities throughout the United States, with Truman being the only school from Missouri to be selected.

“Fiske Guide to Colleges” Best Buys of 2025
Public
University of Georgia                                                
University of Maryland, Baltimore County          
University of New Mexico                                       
University of North Carolina Asheville                  
SUNY – College at Geneseo                                     
SUNY – Stony Brook University                              
University of Texas at Austin                                  
Truman State University                                          
University of Utah                                                     
University of Washington      

Private
Alfred University
Beloit College
Centre College
The Cooper Union
Emerson College
University of Miami (FL)
Olin College of Engineering
Rice University
Warren Wilson College
Xavier University of Louisiana