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Average and Year by Year U.S. News Rankings for 123 National Universities, 2017–2024. Big Changes!
This is our annual summary of US News rankings of national universities across the most recent eight-year period. We have other posts and pages on this site with US News statistics going back to ...
US News Academic Reputation Score Changes, 2015 vs 2023, vs National Rankings
One of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. News national university rankings is the use of “undergraduate academic reputation” scores based on the “expert opinion” of the 43.6 perc...
Average US News Rankings for 125 Universities, 2016–2023
NOTE: This post will be updated within a few days to include the 8-year period 2017-2024, thus including the US News rankings released in September 2024. Below is our annual update of US News ave...
UGA Honors Program to Become Morehead Honors College with Large Endowment
Editor’s note: Our thanks to the University of Georgia for much of this information. One of the best and oldest public university honors programs in the nation is at the University of Georgia�...
Honors Merit Scholarships–A Quick Review
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS Alabama lots of test score/gpa $$; full ride nm finalist Appalachian St 10 full rides Chancellors Scholarship Arizona avg in state hon $11-13k; avg OOS, $25...
Twelve New Mitchell Scholars to Study at Ireland’s Prestigious Universities
Editor’s Note: The following information is from the US-Ireland Alliance. We are pleased to see that the Mitchell Scholar Program continues to provide exciting opportunities for students to do...
PSAT National Merit Scholar Qualifying Scores, Class of 2021 (Lower than 2020)
This post applies to students who took the test in October 2019 (NMS Class of 2021). The big news is that every state saw a drop in the qualifying score for the NMS Class of 2021, including five ...
Honors Completion Rates: Leading Honors Colleges and Programs
In previous posts, one extremely lengthy and detailed and the other explaining our formula for setting target completion rates, we have tried to explain the differences between university grad ra...
Maintaining the “Honors Difference” During the Pandemic: Virginia Tech Honors College
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts on how public university honors colleges and programs across the nation are maintaining “the honors difference” during the COVID-19 cri...
Some New Honors College “Rankings” Have Appeared Elsewhere; Here’s Our Take
By John Willingham, Editor Recently, Google searches are listing two new sites that claim to rank public university honors programs and honors colleges. Their “rankings” in most instances bea...