Rankings and recognition
Augustana College was ranked no. 94 of 222 liberal arts colleges nationally in 2022 by U.S. News and World Report.
U.S. News and World Report also ranked Augustana as:
No. 40 in Most Innovative Schools
No. 55 in Best Undergraduate Teaching
No. 63 in Best Value Schools
No. 70 in Top Performers on Social Mobility
No. 24 in Most International Students
Augustana College has had a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society since 1950. Only 10% of colleges and universities in the U.S. have been invited to form a chapter.
Other rankings
13th among U.S. baccalaureate colleges for number of international students (Open Doors 2022)
No. 74 on the 2021 Niche list of best 100 liberal arts colleges in America
Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award, 2022, 2020 and 2019
Best for the Money by College Factual: 46th out of 1,510 colleges (top 5 percent nationally) in 2019
Princeton Review: Best in the Midwest 2021
Kiplinger's Best Values in liberal arts colleges for 2019 (#89)
Money: Best Colleges by Value 2019
No. 10 nationally for number of Academic All-Americans; No. 1 in our conference
No. 11 Best Colleges in Illinois (Niche 2019)
Top 10 Best Pre-Med Schools in Illinois (World Scholarship Vault 2023)
Top 50 Safest Colleges (Shenyang Daily News 2015)
Top 25 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America (Thrillist.com 2014)
Biology at Augustana is ranked ranked No. 84 out of 820 schools nationwide by College Factual.
Psychology at Augustana is ranked No. 1 of 33 colleges in Illinois for value, and No. 26 out of 814 programs nationally by College Factual.
36th of the Top 250 Private Colleges that Offer the Most Creative Scholarship Money (2017)
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois honors one Augustana student each year.