<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/westmont-among-nations-best-buys.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>12/20/2005</pubDate><title>Westmont Among the Nation's Best Buys</title><excerpt>The eighth edition of Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education” has listed Westmont among the 260 best buys in college education. The book’s editors select colleges based on tuition rates, size and academic emphasis. Barron’s also factored in percentage of faculty with doctorates, percentage of entering freshmen who graduate, and percentage of graduates seeking advanced degrees.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            
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