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High School Counselor Rankings National Liberal Arts Colleges

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)
#50	Centre College Danville, KY	3.9
#50	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	3.9
#50	Furman University Greenville, SC	3.9
#50	Lyon College Batesville, AR	3.9
#50	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	3.9
#50	Southwestern University Georgetown, TX	3.9
#50	St. John's College ¹ Annapolis, MD	3.9
#50	St. Olaf College Northfield, MN	3.9
#50	Union College Schenectady, NY	3.9
#50	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	3.9
#50	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	3.9
#62	Concordia College–Moorhead Moorhead, MN	3.8
#62	Denison University Granville, OH	3.8
#62	Earlham College Richmond, IN	3.8
#62	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	3.8
#62	Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	3.8
#62	Lafayette College Easton, PA	3.8
#62	Lawrence University Appleton, WI	3.8
#62	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	3.8
#62	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	3.8
#62	St. Lawrence University Canton, NY	3.8
#62	St. Mary's College Notre Dame, IN	3.8
#62	University of Virginia–Wise Wise, VA	3.8
#62	Willamette University Salem, OR	3.8
#62	Wofford College Spartanburg, SC	3.8
#77	Alma College Alma, MI	3.7
#77	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	3.7
#77	Erskine College ¹ Due West, SC	3.7
#77	Georgetown College Georgetown, KY	3.7
#77	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	3.7
#77	Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN	3.7
#77	Holy Cross College Notre Dame, IN	3.7
#77	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	3.7
#77	Luther College Decorah, IA	3.7
#77	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	3.7
#77	New College of Florida Sarasota, FL	3.7
#77	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	3.7
#77	St. John's University Collegeville, MN	3.7
#77	Stonehill College Easton, MA	3.7
#77	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	3.7
#77	Washington College Chestertown, MD	3.7
#77	Westminster College Fulton, MO	3.7
#77	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	3.7
#77	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	3.7
#77	William Jewell College Liberty, MO	3.7
#99	Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA	3.6
#99	American Jewish University Bel-Air, CA	3.6
#99	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	3.6
#99	Beloit College Beloit, WI	3.6
#99	Bennington College Bennington, VT	3.6

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#50

Centre College

Danville, KY

3.9

#50

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

3.9

#50

Furman University

Greenville, SC

3.9

#50

Lyon College

Batesville, AR

3.9

#50

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

3.9

#50

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

3.9

#50

St. John's College ¹

Annapolis, MD

3.9

#50

St. Olaf College

Northfield, MN

3.9

#50

Union College

Schenectady, NY

3.9

#50

Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA

3.9

#50

Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

3.9

#62

Concordia College–Moorhead

Moorhead, MN

3.8

#62

Denison University

Granville, OH

3.8

#62

Earlham College

Richmond, IN

3.8

#62

Hampshire College

Amherst, MA

3.8

#62

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

3.8

#62

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

3.8

#62

Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

3.8

#62

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

3.8

#62

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

3.8

#62

St. Lawrence University

Canton, NY

3.8

#62

St. Mary's College

Notre Dame, IN

3.8

#62

University of Virginia–Wise

Wise, VA

3.8

#62

Willamette University

Salem, OR

3.8

#62

Wofford College

Spartanburg, SC

3.8

#77

Alma College

Alma, MI

3.7

#77

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

3.7

#77

Erskine College ¹

Due West, SC

3.7

#77

Georgetown College

Georgetown, KY

3.7

#77

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

3.7

#77

Gustavus Adolphus College

St. Peter, MN

3.7

#77

Holy Cross College

Notre Dame, IN

3.7

#77

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI

3.7

#77

Luther College

Decorah, IA

3.7

#77

Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA

3.7

#77

New College of Florida

Sarasota, FL

3.7

#77

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH

3.7

#77

St. John's University

Collegeville, MN

3.7

#77

Stonehill College

Easton, MA

3.7

#77

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

3.7

#77

Washington College

Chestertown, MD

3.7

#77

Westminster College

Fulton, MO

3.7

#77

Westmont College

Santa Barbara, CA

3.7

#77

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

3.7

#77

William Jewell College

Liberty, MO

3.7

#99

Agnes Scott College

Decatur, GA

3.6

#99

American Jewish University

Bel-Air, CA

3.6

#99

Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

3.6

#99

Beloit College

Beloit, WI

3.6

#99

Bennington College

Bennington, VT

3.6

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