What Others Say About Our College
Read more about Saint Michael's in:
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, the number-one best-selling college guide. Fiske Guide says, "There is something special to St. Mike's which is hard to put into words....Saint Michael's teaches students to go out into the world and work to make it a better place." Read the Saint Michael's College article in the Fisk Guide.
The Princeton Review's Best 376 Colleges. "Saint Michael's students start by building a strong liberal studies foundation, then dive deep into their majors. By the time they graduate, they've developed essential skills and knowledge that will help them be successful in any field. And in the meantime, they've also been engaged in service (through the popular MOVE program), in the great outdoors (with the ground-breaking Wilderness Program and Smuggs' Ski Pass), and with the close campus community in meaningful ways that educate the body, mind and spirit."
U.S. News & World Report ranked Saint Michael's College 90th amongst National Liberal Arts Colleges in their 2013 edition of The Best College 2013 guidebook, which ranks the college based in part on our highly credentialed faculty who provide students individualized research opportunities, leadership development, selectivity and more. The updated ranking saw St. Mike's gain 9 spots, up from 99th in 2012.
Colleges of Distinction, which profiles colleges throughout the United States that "excel in engaging students, offering great teaching, providing a vibrant campus community and resulting in successful outcomes for their students."
We're part of the elite group of 270 colleges nationwide with Phi Beta Kappa chapters, one of only 20 national Catholic colleges, and one of four in New England.
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education includes Saint Michael's as one of only 41 baccalaureate arts and science colleges nationwide in its community engagement classification, an area they define as the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.