High School Counselor Rankings National Liberal Arts Colleges
High School Counselor Rankings Methodology
In spring 2012, we asked guidance counselors from a nationwide sampling of public high schools in the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings that were gold, silver, or bronze medal winners, as well as from the largest private independent schools nationwide, to tell us which National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges they think offer the best undergraduate education to their students. They rated the universities on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being the top score) or marked "don't know" if they were unfamiliar with that particular college. The two most recent years of survey results, from spring 2011 and spring 2012, were averaged to compute the high school counselor reputation score used in this ranking.
| Save | Rank | School | High school counselor score (out of 5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8 |
Pomona College
Claremont, CA |
4.5 | |
| #8 |
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA |
4.5 | |
| #13 |
Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Bates College
Lewiston, ME |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Scripps College
Claremont, CA |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Smith College
Northampton, MA |
4.4 | |
| #13 |
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA |
4.4 |
