U.S. News & World Report Ranks Rollins College First in the South
August 17, 2007
Rollins College ranks number one among 121 Southern master’s-level universities in the annual rankings of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News & World Report. This is the third consecutive year that Rollins has garnered the top spot in this category. Rollins is the only school in this category to receive a perfect 100 overall score. 
From small classes to the best faculty to the best value in the South, the rankings may seem to speak for themselves. But they don’t really tell the whole story of what sets Rollins apart from its closest competitors … and even some of the most renowned universities in the country.
• At 63 percent, Rollins College has a higher percentage of courses with an enrollment less than 20 of any school ranked among the top 10 in the South. Rollins also has a higher percentage of courses with an enrollment less than 20 than Rice (62%), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (61%), University of California—Berkeley (61%), Cornell University (60%), and University of Notre Dame (55%).
• At 93 percent, Rollins has a higher percentage of full-time faculty than Harvard (92%), Columbia (91%), Dartmouth (91%), Yale (89%), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (89%).
Rollins was also ranked first in the South among private colleges in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category. At 10 to 1, our student/faculty ratio is the best among the top 10 schools in the South. In addition, no institution ranked among the South's top 10 has more financial resources than Rollins College. While the overall rankings are very close for the institutions in second to fifth place, Rollins is the clear frontrunner by five points.
School |
Overall Score |
% Classes Fewer than 20 |
Student/Faculty
Ratio |
Full-time Faculty |
Financial Resources Rank |
1. Rollins College |
100 |
63% |
10/1 |
93% |
2 |
2. Stetson University |
95 |
60% |
11/1 |
87% |
8 |
2. Elon University |
95 |
45% |
14/1 |
89% |
28 |
4. James Madison University |
92 |
31% |
16/1 |
89% |
72 |
5. The Citadel |
89 |
41% |
15/1 |
88% |
12 |
School |
Overall Score |
% Classes with 50 or more |
Full time Faculty |
Rollins College |
100 |
0% |
93% |
Harvard University |
99 |
13% |
92% |
Yale University |
98 |
8% |
89% |
University of Pennsylvania |
94 |
8% |
86% |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
93 |
14% |
89% |
Click here to visit the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings online.
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