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Princeton Review's Best 373 Colleges
Covering academics to social life to financial aid, this unique college guide, which bases its findings on the survey's of real students, finds Florida Southern to be one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education.

Fiske Guide
Regarded as the definitive college guide of its kind, the Fiske Guide touts Florida Southern College as a “Best Buy School…providing outstanding academics at a relatively modest price.” | More Info

U.S. News and World Report
Ranking institutions in the areas of student quality and selectivity, faculty quality, class size, and alumni giving, U.S. News & World Report lists Florida Southern among the Top 10 Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South for the seventh consecutive year. | More Info

Guide to Service-Learning Colleges & Universities
For college students looking for service-learning opportunities, the Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities includes Florida Southern among a small group of colleges that excel in providing their students with outstanding educational experiences that enable them to gain valuable hands-on experience while making a difference in their communities.

Forbes.com 
Offering an alternative guide, Forbes.com seeks to rank colleges based on impartial data.  Measuring academic excellence in part by how many faculty members have won prestigious awards, Forbes.com includes Florida Southern among America’s Best Colleges. | More Info

Colleges of Distinction
Profiling America’s best bets in higher education, Colleges of Distinction describes Florida Southern as one of  the best places to learn, to grow, and to succeed. | More Info

The Insider’s Guide to Colleges includes FSC as one of the top schools in the U.S. Compiled by student reporters at the Yale Daily News, this book is the most relied-upon by high school students looking for accurate and honest reports on colleges.

Washington Monthly
Ranking colleges "based on their contribution to the public good," as determined by the institution’s ability to recruit and graduate low-income students, to inspire cutting-edge research, and encourage students to give back to their communities, Washington Monthly ranks Florida Southern in the among Top 30 baccalaureate colleges in the nation.