Lebanon Valley College (LVC) is a private liberal arts and pre-professional school in Annville, Pennsylvania. The College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and is approved by the Pennsylvania Departments of Education.
Lebanon Valley College is on the approved list of the Regents of the State University of New York and of the American Association of University Women. The College is a member of the following: American Association of Colleges; National Association of Independent Colleges; College Entrance Examination Board; College Scholarship Service, Council of Independent Colleges; among others.
Ranking Profile:
- LVC is ranked 6th among Regional Colleges in the North by US News & World Report 2012.
- It was named “A Best in the Northeast” College by The Princeton Review (2012).
- Named one of the best values in private colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
- LVC was named to Forbes list of America's Top Colleges (at 152nd). The rankings are based on the following categories: Post Graduate success (30%), which evaluates alumni pay and prominence, Student Satisfaction (27.5%), which includes professor evaluations and freshman to sophomore year retention rates, Debt (17.5%), which penalizes schools for high student debt loads and default rates, Four Year Graduation Rate (17.5%) and Competitive Awards (7.5%), which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships like the Rhodes, the Marshall and the Fulbright.
- U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue and guidebook has ranked LVC No. 3 in the North in the 'Great Schools, Great Prices' category among 'Best Baccalaureate Colleges'.
- A 1986 report ranked the College 50th of 1200 of the nation's liberal arts colleges producing graduates who earn the doctoral degree.
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Lebanon Valley College is on the approved list of the Regents of the State University of New York and of the American Association of University Women. The College is a member of the following: American Association of Colleges; National Association of Independent Colleges; College Entrance Examination Board; College Scholarship Service, Council of Independent Colleges; among others.
Ranking Profile:
- LVC is ranked 6th among Regional Colleges in the North by US News & World Report 2012.
- It was named “A Best in the Northeast” College by The Princeton Review (2012).
- Named one of the best values in private colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
- LVC was named to Forbes list of America's Top Colleges (at 152nd). The rankings are based on the following categories: Post Graduate success (30%), which evaluates alumni pay and prominence, Student Satisfaction (27.5%), which includes professor evaluations and freshman to sophomore year retention rates, Debt (17.5%), which penalizes schools for high student debt loads and default rates, Four Year Graduation Rate (17.5%) and Competitive Awards (7.5%), which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships like the Rhodes, the Marshall and the Fulbright.
- U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue and guidebook has ranked LVC No. 3 in the North in the 'Great Schools, Great Prices' category among 'Best Baccalaureate Colleges'.
- A 1986 report ranked the College 50th of 1200 of the nation's liberal arts colleges producing graduates who earn the doctoral degree.
* Next: King's College (Pennsylvania) Profile
