‘Business Insider’ Says Duquesne University is One Smart Campus

A walk across the Duquesne campus will put you in the midst of some of the smartest college students in the nation, according to Business Insider.

Our campus holds some of the smartest students in the country.

The publication computed a ranking of America’s 610 brainiest colleges, based upon average standardized test scores. Calculating an average of SAT and ACT scores, Duquesne came in at No. 334, with the publication noting that not all students at the University are required to supply their test scores.

“These tests are often criticized, but research shows that both the SAT and ACT are good measures of general cognitive ability, since just about any mental test measures one’s ability to reason,” the publication said.

The composite average at Duquesne tallied 1135.

The publication analyzed data from nearly 1,400 schools for this ranking.