Rollins is one of the 146 colleges named a Best Southeastern College by The Princeton Review.

Rollins is one of 18 institutions chosen by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to participate in the Core Commitments Leadership Consortium.

Rollins has achieved national rankings in the 2007 Open Doors Report, a national survey on U.S. students studying abroad and international students coming to the U.S.

Awards & Rankings

Rollins Receives President’s Honor Roll Award for Distinguished Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service named Rollins College to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.

The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses. Read more.

Rollins College is Number One in the South

Rollins College ranks NUMBER ONE among 121 Southern master’s-level universities in the annual rankings of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News & World Report. This is the third consecutive year that Rollins has garnered the top spot in this category. Rollins is the only school to garner a perfect 100 overall score.

From small classes to the best faculty to the best value in the South, the rankings may seem to speak for themselves. But they don’t really tell the whole story of what sets Rollins apart from its closest competitors … and even some of the most renowned universities in the country. Read more.

Rollins Earns Top Community Engagement Award in the State

Rollins received the top award in the state as the Florida institution most committed to being an engaged campus. Out of 51 colleges, universities and community colleges in the state who are members of Florida Campus Compact, Rollins was honored with the engaged campus award for “Best in Class” in the independent category and also garnered the engaged campus “Overall Statewide Award.” Two members of the Rollins community also received prestigious awards. Director of Community Engagement Micki Meyer received the “Community Engagement Educator Award." And Associate Professor of Sociology Rhonda Ovist received the “Service-Learning Faculty Award.” Read more.

Fast Facts...

Rollins' endowment of more than $370 million places it in the top 10 percent of the more than 3,600 universities and colleges in America.

At Rollins College, one of every seven full-time professors has an endowed chair.

More than 45 percent of Rollins College students study abroad. More than 75 percent of Rollins MBA students travel abroad.

According to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Rollins outperforms its peer colleges in many key areas. More Rollins students:
- participate in community service
- participate in a living learning community
- ask questions or contribute to class discussion
- work on a research project with a faculty member

With the recent addition of men's and women's lacrosse in 2007-08, Rollins will have 23 athletic teams, many nationally ranked.

What the Guidebooks Say About Rollins...

	*College Prowler Big Book of Colleges ’07* “This small liberal arts school deserves its reputation for academic excellence due to the quality of its faculty. The school’s small size facilitates close interaction between students and faculty. At Rollins, no student is just a number.”
	*The Princeton Review’s The Best 366 Colleges* “Students here form ‘a community of learners seeking an education experience that advances responsible citizenship in a lively, comfortable, and intimate liberal arts setting.’ They pursue their goals through a ‘solid interdisciplinary education’ that ‘draws connections across the curriculum to engage the student in the learning process, putting them in the driver’s seat of their education instead of making them passengers.’”
	*Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007* “Students find there’s always help from the professors, with whom they have close relationships. ‘All students are taught by full professors of the highest quality who are very professional and serious about their field of study,’ a senior says. There are no TAs here; teaching is the responsibility of the professors.”
	The College Finder includes Rollins in the following categories: - The Experts’ Choice: Colleges That Students Rave About - The Experts’ Choice: Great-Looking Campuses - The Experts’ Choice: The Fifteen Best Colleges for the Aspiring Actor - Colleges Where Teachers Work Closely with Students - Colleges for the Student Interested in Building Confidence - Colleges with Active Gay or Lesbian Student Communities - Colleges with a Balance of Academics and Social Life - Colleges with Strong Basketball Programs - Colleges with Strong Waterskiing Programs
	*Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.* Rollins was one of only 81 schools profiled in The Princeton Review's book, Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.