Colleges of Distinction
What's a "college of distinction"? It's a school handpicked by admission experts for the Colleges of Distinction project. They judged the 4,000 or so colleges and universities in the country based on four factors: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes. These are the schools that made their list.
Experts' Choice List
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- Abilene Christian University
(Abilene, TX)
- Agnes Scott College
(Decatur, GA)
- Alma College
(Alma, MI)
- Anderson University
(Anderson, IN)
- Anderson University
(Anderson, SC)
- Arcadia University
(Glenside, PA)
- Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
(Boston, MA)
- Assumption College
(Worcester, MA)
- Augustana College
(Rock Island, IL)
- Augustana College
(Sioux Falls, SD)
- Avila University
(Kansas City, MO)
- Azusa Pacific University
(Azusa, CA)
- Barry University
(Miami Shores, FL)
- Belhaven College
(Jackson, MS)
- Belmont Abbey College
(Belmont, NC)
- Belmont University
(Nashville, TN)
- Benedictine University
(Lisle, IL)
- Berea College
(Berea, KY)
- Berry College
(Mount Berry, GA)
- Bethany College
(Bethany, WV)
- Birmingham-Southern College
(Birmingham, AL)
- Bradley University
(Peoria, IL)
- Brevard College
(Brevard, NC)
- Bryant University
(Smithfield, RI)
- Butler University
(Indianapolis, IN)
- Cabrini College
(Radnor, PA)
- California Lutheran University
(Thousand Oaks, CA)
- Calvin College
(Grand Rapids, MI)
- Canisius College
(Buffalo, NY)
- Centre College
(Danville, KY)
- Chaminade University of Honolulu
(Honolulu, HI)
- Chapman University
(Orange, CA)
- Chatham University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Christian Brothers University
(Memphis, TN)
- Clarke College
(Dubuque, IA)
- Clarkson University
(Potsdam, NY)
- College of Charleston
(Charleston, SC)
- College of New Jersey
(Ewing, NJ)
- College of St. Catherine
(St. Paul, MN)
- College of St. Mary
(Omaha, NE)
- Concord University
(Athens, WV)
- Converse College
(Spartanburg, SC)
- Cornell College
(Mount Vernon, IA)
- Creighton University
(Omaha, NE)
- Daemen College
(Amherst, NY)
- Defiance College
(Defiance, OH)
- Dickinson College
(Carlisle, PA)
- Doane College
(Crete, NE)
- Dominican University
(River Forest, IL)
- Dominican University
(River Forest, IL)
- Drake University
(Des Moines, IA)
- Earlham College
(Richmond, IN)
- Eastern Connecticut State University
(Willimantic, CT)
- Eastern Nazarene College
(Quincy, MA)
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
(Edinboro, PA)
- Elizabethtown College
(Elizabethtown, PA)
- Elmhurst College
(Elmhurst, IL)
- Emmanuel College
(Boston, MA)
- Emory and Henry College
(Emory, VA)
- Evergreen State College
(Olympia, WA)
- Fairfield University
(Fairfield, CT)
- Fordham University
(New York, NY)
- Fort Lewis College
(Durango, CO)
- Franciscan University of Steubenville
(Steubenville, OH)
- Franklin Pierce University
(Rindge, NH)
- George Fox University
(Newberg, OR)
- Georgetown College
(Georgetown, KY)
- Georgia College and State University
(Milledgeville, GA)
- Gettysburg College
(Gettysburg, PA)
- Gonzaga University
(Spokane, WA)
- Gordon College
(Wenham, MA)
- Goshen College
(Goshen, IN)
- Green Mountain College
(Poultney, VT)
- Gustavus Adolphus College
(St. Peter, MN)
- Hamilton College
(Clinton, NY)
- Hamline University
(St. Paul, MN)
- Hampden-Sydney College
(Hampden-Sydney, VA)
- Hanover College
(Hanover, IN)
- Hardin-Simmons University
(Abilene, TX)
- Harding University
(Searcy, AR)
- Hartwick College
(Oneonta, NY)
- Henderson State University
(Arkadelphia, AR)
- Hendrix College
(Conway, AR)
- Hillsdale College
(Hillsdale, MI)
- Hiram College
(Hiram, OH)
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
(Geneva, NY)
- Hollins University
(Roanoke, VA)
- Hope College
(Holland, MI)
- Houghton College
(Houghton, NY)
- Howard Payne University
(Brownwood, TX)
- Illinois College
(Jacksonville, IL)
- Illinois Wesleyan University
(Bloomington, IL)
- Iona College
(New Rochelle, NY)
- Ithaca College
(Ithaca, NY)
- John Carroll University
(University Heights, OH)
- King's College
(Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- LaGrange College
(LaGrange, GA)
- Lake Forest College
(Lake Forest, IL)
- Lake Superior State University
(Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
- Lawrence University
(Appleton, WI)
- Le Moyne College
(Syracuse, NY)
- Lebanon Valley College
(Annville, PA)
- Lees-McRae College
(Banner Elk, NC)
- Lesley University
(Cambridge, MA)
- Linfield College
(McMinnville, OR)
- Loyola College in Maryland
(Baltimore, MD)
- Loyola Marymount University
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Loyola University Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
- Loyola University New Orleans
(New Orleans, LA)
- Luther College
(Decorah, IA)
- Lycoming College
(Williamsport, PA)
- Marist College
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Marquette University
(Milwaukee, WI)
- Mary Baldwin College
(Staunton, VA)
- Marymount University
(Arlington, VA)
- Maryville College
(Maryville, TN)
- McKendree University
(Lebanon, IL)
- Mercyhurst College
(Erie, PA)
- Meredith College
(Raleigh, NC)
- Merrimack College
(North Andover, MA)
- Midway College
(Midway, KY)
- Millikin University
(Decatur, IL)
- Mills College
(Oakland, CA)
- Millsaps College
(Jackson, MS)
- Misericordia University
(Dallas, PA)
- Moravian College
(Bethlehem, PA)
- Morehouse College
(Atlanta, GA)
- Mount Aloysius College
(Cresson, PA)
- Mount Mercy College
(Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Mount St. Mary's College
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Mount Union College
(Alliance, OH)
- Muhlenberg College
(Allentown, PA)
- Murray State University
(Murray, KY)
- New College of Florida
(Sarasota, FL)
- Niagara University
(Niagara University, NY)
- North Central College
(Naperville, IL)
- Northland College
(Ashland, WI)
- Oglethorpe University
(Atlanta, GA)
- Ohio Northern University
(Ada, OH)
- Ohio Wesleyan University
(Delaware, OH)
- Oklahoma City University
(Oklahoma City, OK)
- Pacific Lutheran University
(Tacoma, WA)
- Pacific University
(Forest Grove, OR)
- Pennsylvania State -- Erie, The Behrend College
(Erie, PA)
- Pine Manor College
(Chestnut Hill, MA)
- Presbyterian College
(Clinton, SC)
- Prescott College
(Prescott, AZ)
- Providence College
(Providence, RI)
- Quinnipiac University
(Hamden, CT)
- Randolph-Macon College
(Ashland, VA)
- Regis College
(Weston, MA)
- Rhodes College
(Memphis, TN)
- Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
(Pomona, NJ)
- Ripon College
(Ripon, WI)
- Rockford College
(Rockford, IL)
- Roger Williams University
(Bristol, RI)
- Rollins College
(Winter Park, FL)
- Roosevelt University
(Chicago, IL)
- Rosemont College
(Rosemont, PA)
- Rowan University
(Glassboro, NJ)
- SUNY -- Oswego
(Oswego, NY)
- SUNY -- Purchase College
(Purchase, NY)
- SUNY College -- Cortland
(Cortland, NY)
- Sacred Heart University
(Fairfield, CT)
- Salem College
(Winston-Salem, NC)
- Salisbury University
(Salisbury, MD)
- Salve Regina University
(Newport, RI)
- Samford University
(Birmingham, AL)
- Santa Clara University
(Santa Clara, CA)
- Schreiner University
(Kerrville, TX)
- Seton Hall University
(South Orange, NJ)
- Seton Hill University
(Greensburg, PA)
- Sewanee: University of the South
(Sewanee, TN)
- Siena College
(Loudonville, NY)
- Simmons College
(Boston, MA)
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
(Rapid City, SD)
- Southern Illinois University -- Edwardsville
(Edwardsville, IL)
- Southern Methodist University
(Dallas, TX)
- Spelman College
(Atlanta, GA)
- Spring Hill College
(Mobile, AL)
- St. Andrews Presbyterian College
(Laurinburg, NC)
- St. Bonaventure University
(St. Bonaventure, NY)
- St. Edward's University
(Austin, TX)
- St. Francis University
(Loretto, PA)
- St. Joseph's College
(Rensselaer, IN)
- St. Leo University
(Saint Leo, FL)
- St. Louis University
(St. Louis, MO)
- St. Martin's University
(Lacey, WA)
- St. Mary's College
(Notre Dame, IN)
- St. Mary's College
(Notre Dame, IN)
- St. Mary's College
(Notre Dame, IN)
- St. Mary's University of San Antonio
(San Antonio, TX)
- St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
(St.Mary-of-the-Woods, IN)
- St. Michael's College
(Colchester, VT)
- St. Norbert College
(De Pere, WI)
- Stephens College
(Columbia, MO)
- Stetson University
(Deland, FL)
- Stonehill College
(Easton, MA)
- Suffolk University
(Boston, MA)
- Susquehanna University
(Selinsgrove, PA)
- Sweet Briar College
(Sweet Briar, VA)
- Taylor University
(Upland, IN)
- Texas Christian University
(Fort Worth, TX)
- The King's College
(New York, NY)
- Thomas Aquinas College
(Santa Paula, CA)
- Thomas More College
(Crestview Hills, KY)
- Transylvania University
(Lexington, KY)
- Trevecca Nazarene University
(Nashville, TN)
- Trine University
(Angola, IN)
- Truman State University
(Kirksville, MO)
- Union University
(Jackson, TN)
- University of Charleston
(Charleston, WV)
- University of Dayton
(Dayton, OH)
- University of Denver
(Denver, CO)
- University of Detroit Mercy
(Detroit, MI)
- University of Evansville
(Evansville, IN)
- University of Findlay
(Findlay, OH)
- University of Mary Washington
(Fredericksburg, VA)
- University of Portland
(Portland, OR)
- University of Puget Sound
(Tacoma, WA)
- University of Saint Thomas
(St. Paul, MN)
- University of San Diego
(San Diego, CA)
- University of San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
(Chickasha, OK)
- University of Southern Indiana
(Evansville, IN)
- University of St. Thomas
(Houston, TX)
- University of Tulsa
(Tulsa, OK)
- University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, VA)
- University of West Florida
(Pensacola, FL)
- University of Wisconsin -- Superior
(Superior, WI)
- University of the Ozarks
(Clarksville, AR)
- University of the Pacific
(Stockton, CA)
- Ursuline College
(Pepper Pike, OH)
- Utica College
(Utica, NY)
- Virginia Military Institute
(Lexington, VA)
- Virginia Wesleyan College
(Norfolk, VA)
- Wabash College
(Crawfordsville, IN)
- Wagner College
(Staten Island, NY)
- Warren Wilson College
(Asheville, NC)
- Wartburg College
(Waverly, IA)
- Washington & Jefferson College
(Washington, PA)
- Washington College
(Chestertown, MD)
- Webber International University
(Babson Park, FL)
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
(Buckhannon, WV)
- Western Carolina University
(Cullowhee, NC)
- Western New England College
(Springfield, MA)
- Westminster College
(Fulton, MO)
- Westminster College
(Salt Lake City, UT)
- Westmont College
(Santa Barbara, CA)
- Wheelock College
(Boston, MA)
- Whitman College
(Walla Walla, WA)
- Whittier College
(Whittier, CA)
- Whitworth College
(Spokane, WA)
- Willamette University
(Salem, OR)
- William Jewell College
(Liberty, MO)
- Winthrop University
(Rock Hill, SC)
- Wittenberg University
(Springfield, OH)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(Worcester, MA)
- Xavier University
(Cincinnati, OH)
Source: Colleges of Distinction, www.collegesofdistinction.com.
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