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)
#246	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	3.0
#246	University of Alaska–Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	3.0
#246	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	3.0
#246	University of Nevada–Reno Reno, NV	3.0
#246	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	3.0
#246	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	3.0
#246	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	3.0
#258	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	2.9
#258	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	2.9
#258	North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC	2.9
#258	Northcentral University ¹ Prescott Valley, AZ	2.9
#258	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	2.9
#258	Union Institute and University Cincinnati, OH	2.9
#258	University of Akron Akron, OH	2.9
#258	Widener University Chester, PA	2.9
#266	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	2.8
#266	Lynn University Boca Raton, FL	2.8
#266	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	2.8
#266	National-Louis University Chicago, IL	2.8
#266	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN	2.8
#266	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	2.8
#272	Argosy University–Chicago ¹ Chicago, IL	2.7
#272	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	2.7
#272	Florida International University Miami, FL	2.7
#272	Jackson State University ¹ Jackson, MS	2.7
#272	Wright State University Dayton, OH	2.7
#277	Bowie State University Bowie, MD	2.6
#277	Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, FL	2.6
#277	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	2.6

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Rank

School

High school counselor score (out of 5)

#246

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

3.0

#246

University of Alaska–Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

3.0

#246

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

3.0

#246

University of Nevada–Reno

Reno, NV

3.0

#246

University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

3.0

#246

Walden University

Minneapolis, MN

3.0

#246

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

3.0

#258

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

2.9

#258

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

2.9

#258

North Carolina A&T State University

Greensboro, NC

2.9

#258

Northcentral University ¹

Prescott Valley, AZ

2.9

#258

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

2.9

#258

Union Institute and University

Cincinnati, OH

2.9

#258

University of Akron

Akron, OH

2.9

#258

Widener University

Chester, PA

2.9

#266

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

2.8

#266

Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

2.8

#266

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

2.8

#266

National-Louis University

Chicago, IL

2.8

#266

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN

2.8

#266

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

2.8

#272

Argosy University–Chicago ¹

Chicago, IL

2.7

#272

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

2.7

#272

Florida International University

Miami, FL

2.7

#272

Jackson State University ¹

Jackson, MS

2.7

#272

Wright State University

Dayton, OH

2.7

#277

Bowie State University

Bowie, MD

2.6

#277

Nova Southeastern University

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2.6

#277

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

2.6