Academic Reputation

2024-25

Finalized 6-21-2024

Classi?ed by the Carnegie Foundation as an Arts and Sciences institution, Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø has had a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society since 1950. Ten percent of U.S. colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.

Admission is selective. Students accepted to Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø typically rank in the top quarter of their high school classes and score well above national norms on the ACT and SAT. For the Class of 2027, the ACT mid-range score was 21-28.

Twenty-six percent of Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's graduates attend graduate school. Eighty-five percent of the 2023 graduates who applied to graduate or professional school were accepted into their first or second choice. Ninety-nine percent of 2023 graduates were employed, continuing their education, in a service position or pursuing other opportunities within six months of graduation.

More than 90 percent of the full-time faculty hold Ph.D.s or the terminal degrees in their ?elds. All classes are taught by faculty; Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø does not have graduate teaching assistants. The 11.5-to-1 student-faculty ratio allows students to work closely with professors and advisors while pursuing their academic careers. The largest majors at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø are business administration-management, biology and education, followed by psychology, accounting, communication sciences and disorders, and computer science.

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø was ranked No. 100 in U.S. News and World Report's 2024 ranking of best national liberal arts colleges.

U.S. News and World Report also ranked Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø as:

? No. 36 in Best Undergraduate Teaching

? No. 67 in Best Value Schools

? No. 120 in Top Performers on Social Mobility

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s curriculum and faculty are consistently recognized through grants for innovative projects by major foundations, including the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, National Institutes of Health, John Deere Foundation, National Science Foundation, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation, the Teagle Foundation and the Wallenberg Foundations of Sweden.

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø actively promotes, underwrites and administers research projects involving both professors and students. Research work has included major projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund, Argonne National Laboratories and the American Heart Association.

For more information and data about Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s academic community and reputation, see the Office of Institutional Research.