High School Counselor Rankings National Universities

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)
#63	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	3.9
#63	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	3.9
#63	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.9
#63	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	3.9
#63	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	3.9
#63	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	3.9
#63	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	3.9
#83	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	3.8
#83	Howard University Washington, DC	3.8
#83	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.8
#83	Ohio University Athens, OH	3.8
#83	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	3.8
#83	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	3.8
#83	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	3.8
#83	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	3.8
#83	St. Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	3.8
#83	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	3.8
#83	University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	3.8
#83	University of Delaware Newark, DE	3.8
#83	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	3.8
#83	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	3.8
#83	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	3.8
#83	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	3.8
#83	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	3.8
#100	Auburn University Auburn University, AL	3.7

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#63

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

3.9

#63

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

3.9

#63

University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

3.9

#63

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

3.9

#63

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

3.9

#63

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

3.9

#63

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

3.9

#83

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

3.8

#83

Howard University

Washington, DC

3.8

#83

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

3.8

#83

Ohio University

Athens, OH

3.8

#83

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark

Newark, NJ

3.8

#83

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

3.8

#83

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

3.8

#83

St. Louis University

St. Louis, MO

3.8

#83

St. Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, MN

3.8

#83

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

3.8

#83

University of California–Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

3.8

#83

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

3.8

#83

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

3.8

#83

University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH

3.8

#83

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

3.8

#83

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

3.8

#83

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

3.8

#100

Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

3.7