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Randolph featured in 2025 ‘Fiske Guide to Colleges’

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The 2025 edition of the guide praised Randolph for pursuing “its traditional mission of strong liberal arts through a unique and creative curriculum.” ... READ MORE >>

Randolph named one of Virginia’s best colleges

Each university on the list is evaluated based on the basis of academic quality, graduation rates, affordability, return on investment, and the breadth of student resources.... READ MORE >>

Randolph named one of Virginia’s best colleges

Intelligent.com, which provides unbiased research to help students make informed decisions about higher education, ranked Randolph 18th on its list.... READ MORE >>

Randolph’s innovative curriculum recognized on best colleges list

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Randolph College has been selected as one of the best Colleges in Virginia for 2021. Intelligent.com, which provides unbiased research to help students make informed decisions about higher education, ranked Randolph 16th on its list, singling out the College for Most Innovative Curriculum. Each university on the list is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation... READ MORE >>

U.S. News & World Report ranks Randolph among nation’s best liberal arts colleges

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Randolph College was ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges by one of the nation’s most recognizable college guidebooks. Randolph was ranked among the top national liberal arts colleges in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges. Randolph also received high marks from high school counselors in a separate ranking for... READ MORE >>

Randolph included among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges

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Randolph College was once again ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges by one of the nation’s most recognizable college guidebooks. Randolph was ranked among the top national liberal arts colleges in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges. The 2018 rankings of the U.S. News & World Report include... READ MORE >>

Randolph professors ranked in top 50 nationally among small colleges

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College Values Online has ranked Randolph College’s professors in the top 50 in the nation among small colleges, alongside Brown University, Pomona College, Davidson College, and others. The article considered colleges with fewer than 15,000 students, the school’s academic reputation, student-faculty ratio, and composite faculty ranking on www.ratemyprofessor.com. The complete list of rankings is available... READ MORE >>

Princeton Review names Randolph among nation’s ‘Best 381 Colleges’

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Randolph College has once again been named one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company featured the school in the 2017 edition of its flagship college guide, The Best 381 Colleges. In addition to being recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s... READ MORE >>

Randolph once again ranked in the top tier of national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report

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LYNCHBURG – Randolph College was once again ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges by one of the nation’s most recognizable college guidebooks. Randolph was ranked in the top tier for national liberal arts colleges in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges. The College was also recognized recently by... READ MORE >>

Randolph named one of the nation’s ‘best and most interesting’ institutions

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Randolph College was again recognized as one of the nation’s “best and most interesting” institutions in the 2016 Fiske Guide to Colleges. The Fiske Guide does not rank universities and colleges numerically, but assesses the strengths and weaknesses of what it considers the top schools in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Schools included... READ MORE >>