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)
#17	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.6
#22	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	4.5
#22	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	4.5
#22	Emory University Atlanta, GA	4.5
#22	Tufts University Medford, MA	4.5
#22	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	4.5
#22	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	4.5
#22	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	4.5
#29	New York University New York, NY	4.4
#29	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.4

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#17

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4.6

#22

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

4.5

#22

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

4.5

#22

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

4.5

#22

Tufts University

Medford, MA

4.5

#22

University of California–Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

4.5

#22

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

4.5

#22

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

4.5

#29

New York University

New York, NY

4.4

#29

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.4