Saint Louis University Ranking Profile

Saint Louis University (SLU) is highly regarded as one of the finest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States. The University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities.

Ranking Profile:

- Saint Louis University is ranked 86th among the best national universities (U.S. News 2011). It is also ranked highly for: international business (No. 12), entrepreneurship (No. 14) and engineering (No. 38). The study abroad program was also highlighted, and in a new listing, top high school counselors ranked SLU among the top 75 universities in the nation.

- Saint Louis University is listed in Forbes magazine's third annual ranking of "America's Best Colleges" (2010).

- Listed in the 2010 Princeton Review "Best 371 Colleges". Only about 15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges were chosen.

- On average, SLU students reported feeling more engaged than their counterparts at other major research institutions around the country (2009 National Survey of Student Engagement).

- In the 2009 Chronicle of Higher Education "Great Colleges to Work For", Saint Louis University was listed among the prestigious universities, including Duke, Stanford and Cornell, and was highlighted for teaching environment, housing assistance programs, retirement benefits and tenurprocess.

- SLU was one of only three employers named for providing the best benefits in the annual readers' poll (2009 St. Louis Post-Dispatch "St. Louis' Top Employers").

- Five of SLU's graduate philosophy programs were ranked among the best in the English-speaking world (2009 Philosophical Gourmet Report).

- SLU was ranked alongside Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and MIT in the Entrepreneur Magazine - Princeton Review annual ranking of entrepreneurship programs for 2009-2010.

- Saint Louis University was one of only 115 institutions to make the distinction list (2009 President's Higher Education Community Service).

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