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)
#212	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	3.2
#227	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	3.1
#227	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	3.1
#227	Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA	3.1
#227	Colorado Technical University ¹ Colorado Springs, CO	3.1
#227	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	3.1
#227	Edgewood College Madison, WI	3.1
#227	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	3.1
#227	Immaculata University Immaculata, PA	3.1
#227	Lamar University Beaumont, TX	3.1
#227	Oakland University Rochester, MI	3.1
#227	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	3.1
#227	St. John Fisher College Rochester, NY	3.1
#227	Tennessee State University Nashville, TN	3.1
#227	Trinity International University Deerfield, IL	3.1
#227	University of Alabama–Huntsville Huntsville, AL	3.1
#227	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	3.1
#227	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	3.1
#227	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	3.1
#227	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	3.1
#246	Ashland University ¹ Ashland, OH	3.0
#246	Barry University Miami Shores, FL	3.0
#246	California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco, CA	3.0
#246	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	3.0
#246	Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	3.0

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#212

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS

3.2

#227

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

3.1

#227

Andrews University

Berrien Springs, MI

3.1

#227

Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, GA

3.1

#227

Colorado Technical University ¹

Colorado Springs, CO

3.1

#227

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

3.1

#227

Edgewood College

Madison, WI

3.1

#227

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

3.1

#227

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

3.1

#227

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

3.1

#227

Oakland University

Rochester, MI

3.1

#227

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

3.1

#227

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, NY

3.1

#227

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

3.1

#227

Trinity International University

Deerfield, IL

3.1

#227

University of Alabama–Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

3.1

#227

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

3.1

#227

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

3.1

#227

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

3.1

#227

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

3.1

#246

Ashland University ¹

Ashland, OH

3.0

#246

Barry University

Miami Shores, FL

3.0

#246

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, CA

3.0

#246

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

3.0

#246

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA

3.0