October 17, 2012
2012-2013 Colleges of Distinction Designate Honors to
294 Colleges and Universities in North America
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 17,
2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -294 colleges and universities
representing 42 states and two
countries, United States and
Canada, are honored as
Colleges of Distinction for the
2012-2013 school year.
"These schools are among the
very best in North America.
Each school goes above and
beyond the Four Distinctions
that really make an
undergraduate education:
Great Students, Engaged
Teaching, Vibrant
Communities, and Successful
Outcomes," said Tyson
Schritter, Executive Editor of
the Colleges of Distinction
eGuidebook (available via
Amazon, Apple's iBookstore,
and Barnes & Noble's Nook
Bookstore) and corresponding
website,
CollegesofDistinction.com.
counselors, essays from
college students, presidents
and other members of campus
communities.
Colleges and universities are
nominated for participation in
Colleges of Distinction
through high school
counselors' recommendations
as well as quantitative
research. Schools featured on
CollegesofDistinction.com
represent the cutting edge of
higher education including
experiential learning, study
abroad, and internships.
The website,
CollegeofDistinction.com,
offers free dynamic college
profiles and easy-to-use
search tools for students,
parents, and counselors. The
website includes tips from
high school guidance
"While each school
designated as College of
Distinction is unique, they are
all a great place to get an
education," Schritter said. The
colleges and universities are
not ranked and instead are
members of a consortium of
other equally impressive
schools. High school students
can use the site to find the
right school for them.
2012 2013 Colleges of
Distinction:
Alabama
Birmingham-Southern
College
Samford University
Spring Hill College
University of Montevallo
Arizona
Prescott College
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Arkansas
John Brown University
California
Azusa Pacific University
California Baptist University
California College of the Arts
Chapman University
Dominican University of
California
Holy Names University
Mills College
Notre Dame de Namur
University
Pacific Union College
Saint Mary's College of
California
Simpson University
University of La Verne
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
Vanguard University
Westmont College
Whittier College
Woodbury University
Colorado
Colorado Christian University
Colorado Mesa University
Fort Lewis College
Naropa University
University of Denver
Connecticut
Eastern Connecticut State
University
Fairfield University
Quinnipiac University
Sacred Heart University
University of Hartford
University of New Haven
University of Saint Joseph
Florida
Florida Southern College
New College of Florida
Palm Beach Atlantic
University
Rollins College
Saint Leo University
Stetson University
Georgia
Agnes Scott College
Brenau University
Georgia College
Georgia Gwinnett College
Mercer University
Oglethorpe University
Young Harris College
Idaho
Northwest Nazarene
University
Illinois
Aurora University
Concordia University
Chicago
Dominican University
Elmhurst College
Illinois Wesleyan University
Lake Forest College
Lewis University
Loyola University Chicago
McKendree University
Millikin University
Monmouth College
North Central College
Olivet Nazarene University
Quincy University
Robert Morris University
Saint Xavier University
University of St. Francis
Indiana
Anderson University of
Indiana
Bethel College Indiana
Goshen College
Holy Cross College
Saint Mary's College, Notre
Dame, IN
Taylor University
Trine University
University of Evansville
Iowa
Buena Vista University
Cornell College
Loras College
Luther College
Maharishi University of
Management
Mount Mercy University
Wartburg College
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Kansas
Baker University
Benedictine College
Bethel College
Tabor College
Kentucky
Asbury University
Berea College
Centre College
Georgetown College
Thomas More College
Transylvania University
Louisiana
Loyola University New
Orleans
Maine
Unity College
University of Maine at
Farmington
University of Maine at Fort
Kent
University of Maine at
Machias
Maryland
Frostburg State University
Hood College
Mount St. Mary's University
Salisbury University
St. Mary's College of
Maryland
Washington College
Massachusetts
Anna Maria College
Art Institute of Boston
Assumption College
Bay Path College
Eastern Nazarene College
Emmanuel College
Gordon College
Lasell College
Lesley University
Massachusetts College of
Liberal Arts
Merrimack College
Pine Manor College
Regis College
Simmons College
Springfield College
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
Western New England
University
Wheelock College
Michigan
Adrian College
Albion College
Alma College
Calvin College
Cornerstone University
Hillsdale College
Kettering University
Madonna University
Siena Heights University
Minnesota
Augsburg College
College of St. Scholastica
St. Catherine University
Mississippi
Belhaven University
Blue Mountain College
Millsaps College
William Carey University
Missouri
Columbia College
Park University
Saint Louis University
Truman State University
Westminster College of
Missouri
William Jewell College
Nebraska
College of Saint Mary
Creighton University
Doane College
Wayne State College
New Hampshire
Rivier University
Saint Anselm College
Southern New Hampshire
University
New Jersey
Ramapo College
Richard Stockton College of
New Jersey
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Saint Peter's College
Seton Hall University
New York
Adelphi University
Buffalo State, SUNY
Canisius College
Cazenovia College
College of Saint Rose
Concordia College New York
D'Youville College
Daemen College
Dominican College
Dowling College
Fordham University
Hobart & William Smith
Colleges
Hofstra University
Houghton College
Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan
College
Mercy College
Molloy College
Niagara University
Siena College
St. John's University
St. Joseph's College
St. Thomas Aquinas College
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Oswego
The College at Brockport
SUNY
The Sage Colleges
North Carolina
High Point University
Meredith College
Mount Olive College
Pfeiffer University
Salem College
Warren Wilson College
Western Carolina University
Ohio
Defiance College
Hiram College
Lake Erie College
Mount Vernon Nazarene
University
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Wesleyan University
University of Dayton
Urbana University
Walsh University
Wittenberg University
Xavier University
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Wesleyan
University
University of Science and
Arts of Oklahoma
The University of Tulsa
Oregon
Eastern Oregon University
George Fox University
Linfield College
Northwest Christian
University
Pacific University
University of Portland
Willamette University
Pennsylvania
Arcadia University
Chatham University
Eastern University
Geneva College
Grove City College
Keystone College
King's College
La Roche College
Messiah College
Misericordia University
Moravian College
Mount Aloysius College
Muhlenberg College
Neumann University
Rosemont College
Saint Francis University
Slippery Rock University
Susquehanna University
Rhode Island
Providence College
Rhode Island College
Roger Williams University
South Carolina
Coastal Carolina University
Coker College
College of Charleston
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Columbia College South
Carolina
Presbyterian College
Dakota Wesleyan University
Utah
Westminster College of Utah
South Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan University
Vermont
Goddard College
Green Mountain College
Saint Michael's College
Tennessee
Belmont University
King College
Lee University
Lipscomb University
Maryville College
Milligan College
Rhodes College
Trevecca Nazarene University
Union University
University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga
University of the South
Virginia
Averett University
Emory & Henry College
Hampden-Sydney College
Hollins University
Mary Baldwin College
Randolph College
Roanoke College
University of Mary
Washington
Virginia Intermont College
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Wesleyan College
Texas
Abilene Christian University
Angelo State University
Hardin-Simmons University
Lubbock Christian University
McMurry University
Southern Methodist
University
St. Mary's University of San
Antonio
Texas Christian University
University of Dallas
Washington
Antioch University of Seattle
Central Washington
University
Gonzaga University
Saint Martin's University
Seattle University
The Evergreen State College
University of Puget Sound
Whitworth University
West Virginia
Bethany College
Davis & Elkins College
Shepherd University
West Virginia Wesleyan
College
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wisconsin
Concordia University
Wisconsin
Edgewood College
Lawrence University
Marquette University
Ripon College
St. Norbert College
University of Wisconsin
Superior
Canada
Trinity Western University
For more information:
Katie Creel
Executive Partner
kcreel@CollegesofDistinction
.com
Four Distinctions, LLC
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