The 1993 Fiske Guide to Colleges mentions only Trenton State among nine so-called senior state colleges.

Other organizations that rank US institutions include the Fiske Guide to Colleges and College Prowler.

Marquette was also selected as one of 49 schools listed in the 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges as a "Best Buy School."

He is the author of the "Fiske Guide to Colleges."

"Adelphi is experiencing a renaissance of sorts," said the most recent Fiske Guide to Colleges, which had omitted the university for five years.

Millsaps is among 21 private universities and colleges nationwide named a "best buy" in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013.

The 2005 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges has also noted Pepperdine as being one of the nation's largest conservative colleges.

The Claremont Colleges are a unique consortium that the Fiske Guide called "a collection of intellectual resources unmatched in America."

For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a "Best Buy" in higher education by the Fiske Guide to Colleges.

Even with new competition, the Fiske Guide has not changed.