In addition to jumping nine places to reach a ranking of No. 102 in the U.S. News category of Top National Liberal Arts Colleges, Hampden-Sydney was named one of the top-100 Best Value Schools, an accolade that recognizes the colleges and universities that offer students the best value based on academic quality and cost of attendance. The College ranked No. 88 in this category.
Hampden-Sydney was also included in the Top Performers on Social Mobility category, which recognizes institutions that “are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants.”
The U.S. News annual ranking list “assesses 1,452 U.S. bachelor's degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality.” The ranking criteria include factors such as student-faculty ratio, alumni giving percentage, graduation and retention rates, and undergraduate academic reputation.
The release of the 2021 U.S. News college rankings follows the recent publication of the Princeton Review’s college guide, The Best 386 Colleges.
Hampden-Sydney receives high marks in the following Princeton Review categories:
No. 2 – Best Alumni Network
No. 5 – Best College Library
No. 5 – Most Active Student Government
No. 14 – Best Schools for Internships
No. 14 – Most Politically Active Students
No. 15 – Future Rotarians and DAR
No. 19 – Happiest Students
No. 22 – Impact Schools