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Accolades for Oglethorpe
The Princeton Review
For 3 consecutive years, the Princeton Review has listed Oglethorpe University among the best colleges in the United States. In the 2009 edition, titled The Best 368 Colleges, Oglethorpe listed #13 for class/race interaction and #19 for best college theater.
In the 2008 edition of The Princeton Review's The Best 366 Colleges Oglethorpe ranked as a Best Southeastern College, an America's Best Value College and #20 for Class Discussions encouraged. In the 2007 edition, Oglethorpe ranked #14 on the Class
Discussions Encouraged List and #15 Professors Get High Marks, placing them tops in the state.
Academically The Princeton Review described Oglethorpe
as "an intimate education." A student was quoted to say,
"Classes at Oglethorpe challenge us to think and introduce us to
new concepts. Thanks to our core program, these concepts often
build upon one another, so that I feel like my education is
really coming together."
The student body is described as "intelligent and want[ing]
to learn. Their objective is often not 'career prep' but more of
becoming a learned person." The "Inside Word" written by The
Princeton Review states, "It won't be long before the
academic strength found at Oglethorpe attracts wider attention
and more applicants . . . Go to Atlanta for a campus interview -
you'll leave impressed."
U.S. News & World Report
Oglethorpe was nationally ranked as a Tier Three Liberal Arts
College in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 edition of
America's Best Colleges. That places Oglethorpe in the top 150
institutions of its kind, based on retention, endowment and
alumni giving.
Colleges of Distinction
Oglethorpe is one of eight Georgia institutions designated a
College of Distinction. Oglethorpe is noted for engaging
students, great teaching, a vibrant community and successful
outcomes. "Oglethorpe is a model for liberal arts education in a
constantly changing global world," according to Colleges of
Distinction. "The commitment to the pursuit of new ideas and
perspectives permeates every facet of the Oglethorpe community."
About Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1835,
enrolls over 1,000 students representing 34 states and
36 countries. The average SAT score is 1150, and 57 percent of
the freshmen graduated in the top quarter percent of their high
school classes. Oglethorpe University plays in the NCAA Division
III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Oglethorpe University is Georgia's only co-educational member of the
Annapolis Group, an organization of America's top 100 liberal arts
institutions.
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