Doane College is a private, independent, coeducational college. It was one of the first institutions in the nation to offer undergraduate students a four-year graduation guarantee.
Doane College is a founding institution for the Association of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE) and PINNACLE, the national honor society for nontraditional students.
The Princeton Review has named it one of the "Best Colleges" in the Midwest; and Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog called it a "hidden treasure".
Rankings and Achievements:
- Ranked 152nd among National Liberal Arts Colleges (US News 2011).
- Forbes.com ranked Doane College the top college in Nebraska and 66th among 600 undergraduate institutions nationwide in Forbes.com's America's Best Colleges. It is the highest ranked Nebraska institutions, followed by Nebraska Wesleyan (87th), Hastings College (160th), Creighton University (498th) and UNL (463rd).
- Doane College is among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. It is selected as one of 158 institutions in the "Best in the Midwest" section on the 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region.
- The College was named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
- The College has been named to the Colleges of Distinction guide for 2008-2009. College of Distinction selects schools "that exhibit the four distinctions that make a college truly great: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes".
- Doane College was named a 2008 Groundwater Guardian Green Site by the Groundwater Foundation in recognition of the college's groundwater and environmental stewardship. It is the first college in Nebraska to earn this designation.
- In Washington Monthly's college rankings, which emphasize both academics and service, Doane has been placed 1st among Nebraska's liberal arts colleges and 115th nationally.
Doane College is a founding institution for the Association of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE) and PINNACLE, the national honor society for nontraditional students.
The Princeton Review has named it one of the "Best Colleges" in the Midwest; and Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog called it a "hidden treasure".
Rankings and Achievements:
- Ranked 152nd among National Liberal Arts Colleges (US News 2011).
- Forbes.com ranked Doane College the top college in Nebraska and 66th among 600 undergraduate institutions nationwide in Forbes.com's America's Best Colleges. It is the highest ranked Nebraska institutions, followed by Nebraska Wesleyan (87th), Hastings College (160th), Creighton University (498th) and UNL (463rd).
- Doane College is among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. It is selected as one of 158 institutions in the "Best in the Midwest" section on the 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region.
- The College was named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
- The College has been named to the Colleges of Distinction guide for 2008-2009. College of Distinction selects schools "that exhibit the four distinctions that make a college truly great: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes".
- Doane College was named a 2008 Groundwater Guardian Green Site by the Groundwater Foundation in recognition of the college's groundwater and environmental stewardship. It is the first college in Nebraska to earn this designation.
- In Washington Monthly's college rankings, which emphasize both academics and service, Doane has been placed 1st among Nebraska's liberal arts colleges and 115th nationally.