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)
#121	Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	3.6
#121	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA	3.6
#121	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	3.6
#121	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	3.6
#121	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	3.6
#121	Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX	3.6
#121	University of Denver Denver, CO	3.6
#121	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	3.6
#121	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	3.6
#121	University of Massachusetts–Boston Boston, MA	3.6
#121	University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE	3.6
#121	University of North Carolina–Charlotte Charlotte, NC	3.6
#121	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	3.6
#121	University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN	3.6
#121	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	3.6
#121	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	3.6
#121	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	3.6
#121	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	3.6
#121	Utah State University Logan, UT	3.6
#145	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	3.5
#145	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	3.5
#145	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	3.5
#145	New School New York, NY	3.5
#145	Spalding University Louisville, KY	3.5
#145	St. John's University Queens, NY	3.5

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#121

Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

3.6

#121

Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

3.6

#121

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

3.6

#121

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

3.6

#121

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

3.6

#121

Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, TX

3.6

#121

University of Denver

Denver, CO

3.6

#121

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

3.6

#121

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

3.6

#121

University of Massachusetts–Boston

Boston, MA

3.6

#121

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

3.6

#121

University of North Carolina–Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

3.6

#121

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

3.6

#121

University of St. Thomas

St. Paul, MN

3.6

#121

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

3.6

#121

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

3.6

#121

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

3.6

#121

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

3.6

#121

Utah State University

Logan, UT

3.6

#145

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

3.5

#145

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

3.5

#145

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

3.5

#145

New School

New York, NY

3.5

#145

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

3.5

#145

St. John's University

Queens, NY

3.5