Rhodes College Among U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges

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A class in session at Rhodes College

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2025 Best Colleges rankings, which evaluate nearly 1,500 four-year bachelor's degree-granting institutions across the country, and Rhodes College is ranked No. 59 for National Liberal Arts Colleges.

In the National Liberal Arts categories, Rhodes also is No. 28 for Undergraduate Teaching and No. 38 for Most Innovative Schools, and it is No. 64 in Best Value Schools.

U.S. News & World Report provides various types of numerical rankings and lists, including National Universities, Liberal Arts Colleges, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to help students and their families narrow their college search. Institutions were evaluated on factors including graduation rates, first-year retention rates, financial resources, student-faculty ratio, borrower debt, and peer assessment.

At Rhodes, faculty encourage students to become perceptive thinkers, creative problem solvers, and lifelong learners. Faculty actively mentor students, involving them in research, guiding them in fellowships and internships, and helping them explore professional and academic projects while preparing them for graduate study, successful careers, and meaningful lives. Students learn to formulate and articulate big ideas and contribute to critical discussions in the classroom. From medicine and law to business and the fine arts, Rhodes graduates work to change the world.

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