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:
- 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)
- No. 32 among 淭op Performers on Social Mobility, No. 64 among 淭op Private Schools, and No. 88 among 淏est Value Schools
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- Top marks for financial aid (95/99), academics (92/99), student life (94/99), interesting professors (99/99), and professors accessibility (98/99).
- Top 15 percent of American four-year colleges
- No. 17 nationwide for financial aid
- No. 4 for 淢ost Accessible Professors, No. 7 for 淢ost Religious Students, No. 11 for 淧rofessors Get High Marks, No. 11 for 淢ost Politically Conservative Students, No. 12 for 淏est Classroom Experience, No. 14 for 淗appiest Students, No. 18 for 淏est Quality of Life
- 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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