Rollins College is Number One in the South

Rollins College ranks number one among 118 regional universities in the South in the annual rankings of “America’s Best Colleges,” released today by U.S. News & World Report. This is the sixth consecutive year that Rollins has been named to the top spot in this category. For 10 consecutive years prior, Rollins had been ranked second among regional universities in the South and first in Florida.  

In the category of “Best Regional Universities” (schools that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s-level programs), Rollins ranked first in the South, while Elon University, Elon, N.C., ranked second and James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., and Stetson University, DeLand, Fla., tied for third. Rollins has been included among the top regional universities since the ranking of the nation’s top schools began in 1987. More...

The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review lists Rollins among the nation’s top schools in its 2010 The Best 371 Colleges guide. Rollins’ undergrads proudly describe Rollins as offering "many opportunities to study abroad" and providing "an excellent quality of life for its students." Highlights include small classes, great computer facilities, and a perfect location in Winter Park.

Colleges with a Conscience
Rollins was one of only 81 schools profiled in The Princeton Review's Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

 Fiske Guide

The 2010 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, one of the nation’s top-rated college guides, says Rollins exposes its students to “various perspectives and areas of knowledge,” enables close relationships between professors and students, and offers student abroad programs for regular tuition costs. The guide also says that Rollins is “the marriage of a liberal arts college and a business school.”

 Colleges of Distinction

Rollins is listed in Colleges of Distinction, a book dedicated to helping prospective students find colleges and universities that consistently provide a remarkable undergraduate experience and produce successful graduates. Rollins is described as having a “long-standing commitment to providing students with a broad and deep international perspective” and producing “Rhodes, Fulbright, Goldwater, and Truman scholars.”

Rollins is a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars

The Fulbright Program announced that Rollins is currently recognized as the top producing master’s institution in the nation (based on Carnegie Classification). For 2009-10, four students from Rollins College received Fulbright Awards, ranking Rollins number one out of the 81 master’s institutions whose students received Fulbrights (there are a total of 663 master’s institutions in the country). The success of the top-producing institutions was highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Since receiving its first Fulbright Award in 1951, Rollins has produced a total of 34 Fulbright Scholars (nine of whom have been named since 2005).

Rollins Receives President’s Award for Distinguished Community Service

In spring 2011, Rollins has been honored by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) as a leader among institutions of higher education for its support of volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Rollins is one of six colleges and universities to receive Presidential Awards in the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to community service. Rollins Achieves Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected Rollins as one of the recipients for the 2008 Community Engagement Classification. More than 4,300 colleges and universities around the nation are able to apply for the classification. Rollins is one of 119 institutions to join the 76 institutions identified in the initial 2006 selection process. Less than five percent (4.4) of the colleges and universities nationwide have achieved this prestigious classification. More...

Rollins Earns Top Community Engagement Award in the State

Rollins was recognized by Florida Campus Compact for its efforts to increase civic-mindedness through campus-wide voter registration and education and awareness campaigns. Of the 52 colleges that belong to Florida Campus Compact, Rollins took third place in the Democracy Cup Award. Rollins was acknowledged for providing quality voter education on candidates and issues, promoting and increasing the number of student voter registrations, and expanding student voter turnout on Election Day. Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Gabriel Barreneche was also honored with a “Service-Learning Faculty Award” in the independent sector for contributing to the integration of service-learning into the curriculum. More...

National Survey of Student Engagement

Last year, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) found that Rollins is consistently performing above average among private colleges with master’s programs. According to the NSSE, more Rollins students participate in community service, participate in a living learning community, ask questions or contribute to class discussion, and work on a research project with a faculty member.