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.
| Save | 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 |
