Beacon College opens the 2022-23 academic year ranked 10th out of 132 colleges and universities in the south, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News and World Report.
The national magazine released its annual Best Colleges list this week and the Leesburg liberal arts school cracked the top 10 in the Best Regional Colleges South category. Beacon was ranked in the mid-30s the previous two years.
Beacon is America’s first accredited baccalaureate school dedicated to educating neurodivergent students primarily with learning disabilities and ADHD.
“The accomplishment of Beacon College’s placement in the top 10 verifies the hard work of Beacon students and the tireless commitment of our faculty and staff to their success,” Beacon College Provost Dr. Shelly Chandler said.
The “Regional Colleges” category applies to schools that focus on undergraduate education but award fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts fields.
This recent accolade continues a trend of increased national recognition of Beacon College’s growing reputation for the college’s specialized mission and, of equal importance, its standing among all accredited colleges and universities.
Among the college’s most recent “Top 20” national and regional survey placements, three currently stand out: the respected Peterson Guide’s No. 1 national ranking in its designation of “20 Great Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities;” Best Value Schools’ No. 1 ranking in its “The 20 Best Value Colleges for Learning Disabilities;” No. 1 on the list of “10 Great Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities,” compiled by Gradehacker.com; and Beacon College’s No. 4 national ranking in Best Choice Schools analytical survey of “The 20 Most Affordable Colleges with High Four-year Graduation Rates” — a 2019 study in which Beacon was among far better known and endowed colleges and universities.
“Our outcomes are a result of the determination and perseverance of the entire community,” Chandler said.
