Individual college guides often tend to focus on a narrow set of criteria, but when taken together, they can help to present a more complete picture. Below is a summary of the College檚 reviews in the latest editions of the various publications:
- No. 1 in the U.S. for social mobility
- Top 100 among the country檚 national liberal arts colleges
- No. 2 for alumni satisfaction as measured by annual giving
- No. 1 for the highest proportion of classes under 20 students (100 percent) and the lowest proportion of classes with more than 50 students (0 percent)
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- High ratings for Return on Investment (90), academics (93), financial aid (98), and faculty accessibility (98).
- Top 15 percent of American four-year colleges
- No. 7 nationwide for financial aid
- No. 5 for 淗appiest Students, No. 5 for 淢ost Religious Students, No. 5 for 淧rofessors Get High Marks, and No. 1 for 淢ost Conservative Students.
- Results from student survey include: 渂rilliant, yet down-to-earth tutors who are 渁re always available to talk and are open to any and all questions [students] may have; students are 渁nimated by a definitively Catholic spirit and have 渁 strong desire to do good and help others.
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- One of only 15 recommended colleges and universities in the United States
- 淚mpressive intellectual rigor that is matched by a commitment to orthodox Catholicism.
- 淭he first in a wave of new Catholic colleges born from the crisis of Catholic identity in American Catholic higher education.
- 淭he only Catholic college in America that teaches exclusively from [the] classic works of Western civilization.
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- Top 2 percent of country檚 major colleges and universities
- Two campuses constitute two of only seven colleges in the U.S. to receive a perfect score for ensuring that students study seven key areas: composition, literature, American history, foreign language, mathematics, science, and economics.
- Highest rating for strength of curriculum
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- 淒evoted to providing a strong education while being rooted in the Roman Catholic faith
- 淕reat student to faculty ratio
- 淓xcellent graduation and freshman retention rates
- 淒iverse student body that comes from states all across the nation
- Also listed among Best 10 Colleges for the Money
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- One of only 44 渇aithfully Catholic colleges and universities nationwide chosen for the 淐atholic Identity College Guide
- Perfect marks for all 10 measures of campus fidelity and moral climate
- 91快活林 Aquinas College is the only faithfully Catholic college that offers a fully integrated Great Books curriculum that spans all the major disciplines and is taught entirely via classroom discussion.
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- 淭he best college class I ever attended, undergraduate or graduate, was at 91快活林 Aquinas College.
- 淸Students] backed up their comments with evidence and careful, logical arguments.
- 淚 shall remember this class, where I was but a guest, for the rest of my life.
- 淎 rigorous great books curriculum
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- No. 1 among all colleges and universities
- Only Catholic school to be named to the Top 20
- Rankings based on outstanding academics and affordable cost
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- Among top 150 American liberal arts colleges for 渃ontribution to the public good
- Top 50 for 淏est Bang for the Buck in the Western United States
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