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)
#37	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	4.2
#37	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	4.2
#37	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	4.2
#44	Northeastern University Boston, MA	4.1
#44	Ohio State University–Columbus Columbus, OH	4.1
#44	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	4.1
#44	Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	4.1
#44	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	4.1
#49	Baylor University Waco, TX	4.0
#49	Brigham Young University–Provo Provo, UT	4.0

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#37

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

4.2

#37

University of Texas–Austin

Austin, TX

4.2

#37

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madison, WI

4.2

#44

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

4.1

#44

Ohio State University–Columbus

Columbus, OH

4.1

#44

Pennsylvania State University–University Park

University Park, PA

4.1

#44

Purdue University–West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

4.1

#44

University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

4.1

#49

Baylor University

Waco, TX

4.0

#49

Brigham Young University–Provo

Provo, UT

4.0