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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #203 |
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
Doane College
Crete, NE |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
King's College
New York, NY |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
Randolph College
Lynchburg, VA |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
University of Hawaii–Hilo
1
Hilo, HI |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
University of Maine–Machias
Machias, ME |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Chickasha, OK |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC |
3.1 | |
| #203 |
William Peace University
Raleigh, NC |
3.1 | |
| #217 |
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
Marlboro College
1
Marlboro, VT |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
Northland College
Ashland, WI |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
Rust College
Holly Springs, MS |
3.0 | |
| #217 |
SUNY College–Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY |
3.0 | |
| #224 |
Allen University
Columbia, SC |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
Burlington College
Burlington, VT |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
Lane College
Jackson, TN |
2.9 | |
| #224 |
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
1
Merrimack, NH |
2.9 | |
| #231 |
Beacon College
1
Leesburg, FL |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
College of St. Thomas More
1
Fort Worth, TX |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
Principia College
Elsah, IL |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
Savannah State University
Savannah, GA |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
Talladega College
1
Talladega, AL |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS |
2.8 | |
| #231 |
University of Pikeville
Pikeville, KY |
2.8 | |
| #239 |
Castleton State College
Castleton, VT |
2.7 | |
| #239 |
Ellis University
1
Chicago, IL |
2.7 | |
| #239 |
Green Mountain College
Poultney, VT |
2.7 | |
| #239 |
Shimer College
1
Chicago, IL |
2.7 | |
| #244 |
Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL |
2.6 | |
| #244 |
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MA |
2.6 | |
| #244 |
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol, VA |
2.6 | |
| #247 |
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, PA |
2.5 | |
| #247 |
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH |
2.5 | |
| #247 |
Sterling College
Craftsbury Common, VT |
2.5 | |
| #250 |
Bay Path College
Longmeadow, MA |
2.4 | |
| #250 |
Charter Oak State College
1
New Britain, CT |
2.4 | |
| #250 |
Granite State College
Concord, NH |
2.4 | |
| #253 |
Chester College of New England
1
Chester, NH |
2.3 | |
| #253 |
East-West University
Chicago, IL |
2.3 | |
| #253 |
Life University
Marietta, GA |
2.3 | |
| #256 |
Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TX |
2.2 |
