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Best 368 CollegesMillsaps was ranked 12th in the “Town-Gown Relations Are Great” category, which focuses on positive relations with the city and neighborhoods surrounding campus, and was ranked 17th in the category recognizing involvement of fraternities and sororities on campus, acknowledging that Greeks are active on campus and contribute through volunteerism, fund-raising, leadership and social life.

(Princeton Review's The Best 368 Colleges, 2009 Edition)



America's Best Value CollegesThe Princeton Review's editors commend the College for its "generous aid packages that include federal and state loans and grants, institutional merit-based and specialized scholarships, United Methodist scholarships, and various state-supported scholarships for students from other states." The book also notes Millsaps' "reputation for its highly active, socially conscious undergrads, many of whom work with volunteer organizations in Jackson and around the world," and states that "Millsaps’ strong sense of community pervades the classrooms ... where incredibly attentive and intelligent professors provide an atmosphere rife with discussion."

(Princeton Review's America's Best Value Colleges, 2008 Edition)



The Best 331 CollegesMillsaps was ranked 16th in the “Town-Gown Relations Are Great” category, recognizing the harmonious relationship between the college community and the Jackson community, and was included in the list of “Best Southeastern Colleges.”

(Princeton Review's The Best 361 Colleges, 2007 Edition)

 



The Best 331 CollegesMillsaps' Else School of Management was ranked 8th in the survey's "Best Professors" category, just above Harvard and Duke. The Else School is one of 45 schools that The Princeton Review is adding to its annual "Best Business Schools" guide this year.

(Princeton Review's The Best 282 Business Schools, 2007 Edition)

 



U.S. News Millsaps College, Mississippi's premier liberal arts institution, has been placed in the top tier of liberal arts colleges nationally by U.S. News & World Report's 2006 America's Best Colleges, establishing the College as the only Mississippi institution in the top tier of national colleges and as one of the leading institutions in the South.

(U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, 2006)



Colleges that Change Lives "The able and enthusiastic faculty has national rather than regional roots. Its members not only earned their academic spurs in the nation's top universities but have also taught in them. But they prefer to teach at Millsaps, a conviction that comes through loud and clear in just about everything they say."

(Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives, 2006—07 Edition)

 



"Since the student body is very small, so are the class sizes—allowing faculty to deliver the kind of personalized attention larger schools can't . . .One interesting aspect of Millsaps academics is the Faith & Work Initiative, a program that allows students to explore work as a ‘vocation' that arises from a deep sense of personal meaning. Designed to instill qualities of socially responsible leadership, the program challenges students to align their vocational goals with those of the family, community, church, economic structures, and the world . . . A small but popular study-abroad option offers students the chance to study languages in Costa Rica and France, and there are multi-country programs in Europe for students in pre-business and sciences programs."

(Unofficial, Unbiased Insider's Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges, 2005 Edition)

 


The Fiske GuideEach year, “The Fiske Guide to Colleges” compiles and describes “more than 300 of the best and most interesting institutions in the nation.” The guide listed Millsaps College—the only school in Mississippi to be included—under “Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Business” and under “inexpensive” relative to its liberal arts peers throughout the nation. It also said that “what differentiates the school is its focus on scholarly inquiry, spiritual growth, and community service.”

(Fiske Guide to the Colleges, 2005 Edition)




“The Insider’s Guide to Colleges” contains profiles of 322 top colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Its profile of Millsaps noted that “students across the board were impressed by the openness of students to new ideas and to different types of people,” and that “a major selling point for many students is the small size of the classes.”

(The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2005 Edition)

 




“Millsaps College is a close-knit community of leaders with vision. The College offers an open and exciting environment for eager minds on a campus where cooperation and participation clearly define the overall philosophy. The dynamic and enthusiastic faculty work hand-in-hand with an engaged student body to open new doors in liberal arts education, and through extensive options for experiential learning, student involvement is extraordinarily high. Built around the framework of the nationally acclaimed Core Curriculum, the College offers a variety of specialized instruction. In every field imaginable, Millsaps graduates continue to exceed expectations.” Click here for Colleges of Distinction's profile of Millsaps College.

(www.collegesofdistinction.com)



The Best 201 Colleges

Millsaps College is one of only two schools in Mississippi noted in this guide. Great Colleges for the Real World ranks schools based on convenience, quality and cost, aiming its targeted information at career-minded college seekers. The guide specifically praises Millsaps' adult learning programs, our community enrichment series, our leadership seminars, and our Advanced Placement Institute.

(Great Colleges for the Real World)

 



Barron'sMillsaps students enjoy "a liberal arts education at a school whose reputation has begun to extend beyond the Southeast. One reason is surely Millsaps' lower cost, compared with that of other selective colleges across the nation. Then, too, the installation in 1989 of a campus chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society, served to corroborate all the good things students and administrators had been saying for years. Millsaps is a college for high school graduates serious about learning and having a full social life."

(Barron's Best Buys in College Education)

 


Templeton "Students and faculty at Millsaps are committed to the concept of academic integrity and take their responsibilities to each other and to the Honor Code very seriously, fully embracing the philosophy that an Honor Code is not simply a set of rules and procedures governing academic conduct, but an opportunity to put personal responsibility and integrity into action."

(The Templeton Foundation's Colleges That Encourage Character Development, 1999)

 


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