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)
#99	Berry College Mount Berry, GA	3.6
#99	Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI	3.6
#99	College of St. Benedict St. Joseph, MN	3.6
#99	Goucher College Baltimore, MD	3.6
#99	Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL	3.6
#99	Presbyterian College Clinton, SC	3.6
#99	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	3.6
#99	St. Michael's College Colchester, VT	3.6
#99	University of North Carolina–Asheville Asheville, NC	3.6
#99	Washington and Jefferson College Washington, PA	3.6
#114	Albion College Albion, MI	3.5
#114	Allegheny College Meadville, PA	3.5
#114	Berea College Berea, KY	3.5
#114	Clearwater Christian College Clearwater, FL	3.5
#114	Goshen College Goshen, IN	3.5
#114	Grove City College Grove City, PA	3.5
#114	Hartwick College Oneonta, NY	3.5
#114	Hope College Holland, MI	3.5
#114	Martin University ¹ Indianapolis, IN	3.5
#114	Millsaps College Jackson, MS	3.5
#114	Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE	3.5
#114	Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA	3.5
#114	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR	3.5
#114	Purchase College–SUNY Purchase, NY	3.5
#114	Salem College ¹ Winston-Salem, NC	3.5

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#99

Berry College

Mount Berry, GA

3.6

#99

Calvin College

Grand Rapids, MI

3.6

#99

College of St. Benedict

St. Joseph, MN

3.6

#99

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

3.6

#99

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

3.6

#99

Presbyterian College

Clinton, SC

3.6

#99

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

3.6

#99

St. Michael's College

Colchester, VT

3.6

#99

University of North Carolina–Asheville

Asheville, NC

3.6

#99

Washington and Jefferson College

Washington, PA

3.6

#114

Albion College

Albion, MI

3.5

#114

Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

3.5

#114

Berea College

Berea, KY

3.5

#114

Clearwater Christian College

Clearwater, FL

3.5

#114

Goshen College

Goshen, IN

3.5

#114

Grove City College

Grove City, PA

3.5

#114

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY

3.5

#114

Hope College

Holland, MI

3.5

#114

Martin University ¹

Indianapolis, IN

3.5

#114

Millsaps College

Jackson, MS

3.5

#114

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE

3.5

#114

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA

3.5

#114

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, AR

3.5

#114

Purchase College–SUNY

Purchase, NY

3.5

#114

Salem College ¹

Winston-Salem, NC

3.5