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.

Rank	School	High school counselor score (out of 5)
#141	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	3.4
#141	Louisiana State University–Alexandria Alexandria, LA	3.4
#141	Maryville College Maryville, TN	3.4
#141	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	3.4
#141	National Hispanic University ¹ San Jose, CA	3.4
#141	Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA	3.4
#141	Siena College Loudonville, NY	3.4
#141	Simpson University Redding, CA	3.4
#141	Transylvania University Lexington, KY	3.4
#141	University of Minnesota–Morris Morris, MN	3.4
#141	Virginia Wesleyan College Norfolk, VA	3.4
#141	Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, WI	3.4
#141	Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	3.4
#169	Amridge University Montgomery, AL	3.3
#169	Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN	3.3
#169	Central College Pella, IA	3.3
#169	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	3.3
#169	Drew University Madison, NJ	3.3
#169	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA	3.3
#169	Houghton College Houghton, NY	3.3
#169	Judson College ¹ Marion, AL	3.3
#169	Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY	3.3
#169	Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY	3.3
#169	Monmouth College Monmouth, IL	3.3
#169	Pacific Union College Angwin, CA	3.3
#169	Providence Christian College ¹ Pasadena, CA	3.3
#169	Ripon College Ripon, WI	3.3
#169	Roanoke College Salem, VA	3.3
#169	San Diego Christian College ¹ El Cajon, CA	3.3
#169	Shorter University Rome, GA	3.3
#169	St. Norbert College De Pere, WI	3.3
#169	St. Vincent College Latrobe, PA	3.3
#169	Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA	3.3
#189	Albright College Reading, PA	3.2
#189	Bethany College Bethany, WV	3.2
#189	Centenary College of Louisiana ¹ Shreveport, LA	3.2
#189	Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO	3.2
#189	Fort Lewis College Durango, CO	3.2
#189	Hiram College ¹ Hiram, OH	3.2
#189	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	3.2
#189	Linfield College McMinnville, OR	3.2
#189	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	3.2
#189	Stillman College Tuscaloosa, AL	3.2
#189	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	3.2
#189	University of Wisconsin–Parkside Kenosha, WI	3.2
#189	Western State Colorado University Gunnison, CO	3.2
#189	West Virginia State University Institute, WV	3.2
#203	Bennett College Greensboro, NC	3.1
#203	Brevard College Brevard, NC	3.1
#203	Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA	3.1

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#141

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

3.4

#141

Louisiana State University–Alexandria

Alexandria, LA

3.4

#141

Maryville College

Maryville, TN

3.4

#141

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

3.4

#141

National Hispanic University ¹

San Jose, CA

3.4

#141

Randolph-Macon College

Ashland, VA

3.4

#141

Siena College

Loudonville, NY

3.4

#141

Simpson University

Redding, CA

3.4

#141

Transylvania University

Lexington, KY

3.4

#141

University of Minnesota–Morris

Morris, MN

3.4

#141

Virginia Wesleyan College

Norfolk, VA

3.4

#141

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, WI

3.4

#141

Wittenberg University

Springfield, OH

3.4

#169

Amridge University

Montgomery, AL

3.3

#169

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN

3.3

#169

Central College

Pella, IA

3.3

#169

College of the Atlantic

Bar Harbor, ME

3.3

#169

Drew University

Madison, NJ

3.3

#169

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, PA

3.3

#169

Houghton College

Houghton, NY

3.3

#169

Judson College ¹

Marion, AL

3.3

#169

Kentucky State University

Frankfort, KY

3.3

#169

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, NY

3.3

#169

Monmouth College

Monmouth, IL

3.3

#169

Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

3.3

#169

Providence Christian College ¹

Pasadena, CA

3.3

#169

Ripon College

Ripon, WI

3.3

#169

Roanoke College

Salem, VA

3.3

#169

San Diego Christian College ¹

El Cajon, CA

3.3

#169

Shorter University

Rome, GA

3.3

#169

St. Norbert College

De Pere, WI

3.3

#169

St. Vincent College

Latrobe, PA

3.3

#169

Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar, VA

3.3

#189

Albright College

Reading, PA

3.2

#189

Bethany College

Bethany, WV

3.2

#189

Centenary College of Louisiana ¹

Shreveport, LA

3.2

#189

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

3.2

#189

Fort Lewis College

Durango, CO

3.2

#189

Hiram College ¹

Hiram, OH

3.2

#189

Juniata College

Huntingdon, PA

3.2

#189

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR

3.2

#189

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, MA

3.2

#189

Stillman College

Tuscaloosa, AL

3.2

#189

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, PA

3.2

#189

University of Wisconsin–Parkside

Kenosha, WI

3.2

#189

Western State Colorado University

Gunnison, CO

3.2

#189

West Virginia State University

Institute, WV

3.2

#203

Bennett College

Greensboro, NC

3.1

#203

Brevard College

Brevard, NC

3.1

#203

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA

3.1