National Recognition

Founded in 1850, Hiram College is nationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college and is one of 10% of colleges in the U.S. to host a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. We are featured in the Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives, the Princeton Review’s 373 Best Colleges, included as one of 266 colleges in U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, and most recently prominently featured in the top half of all schools in Forbes Magazine’s America’s Best Colleges 2010, ahead of many better-known colleges and universities. Considering there are more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., all of this recognition is quite a distinction. The Forbes’ list is of particular note because unlike one of the other better-known ranking sources that primarily measures input data, Forbes’ methodology attempts to measure the actual quality of education and value-added student achievement; in other words, what a college can do for you, not what you can do for the college. 

Hiram College also voluntarily participates in two other assessments of note.

The Collegiate Learning Assessment is a new tool developed by the nonprofit Council for Aid to Education. It tests the higher-order critical thinking, analysis, and communication skills that all college students should learn. Over 370 institutions and 110,000 students participate in the CLA nation-wide. For more information on the CLA, visit www.cae.org.

 

Hiram College CLA results:

  Percentile Rank Performance Level
First Year students 67 at expected level
Seniors              98 well above expected level
Value-Added Estimate 92 well above expected level

 

The CLA report summary statement for Hiram College says:

“Hiram College contributes more to the learning gains made by students than 92 percent of the undergraduate institutions participating. Hiram College performed Well Above Expected.”               

Hiram College participates in the National Survey for Student Engagement, better known as the “NSSE”. To learn more about the NSSE, visit nsse.iub.edu. To see the NSSE results for Hiram College, click here.

 

Visit here to review a complete excerpt on Hiram College from the most recent addition of Colleges that Change Lives.

Visit here to learn about the late Loren Pope and why prospective students and their families should focus on finding the best “fit” of a college rather than viewing college as “a branded commodity”.

 

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Important links on Hiram's website

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