U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" ranks Lynchburg College in the top tier of southern colleges that offer a full range of undergraduate programs and master's degrees in the "Best Universities - Master's" category.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the College has achieved this distinction. The 574 institutions in this category are ranked within four geographic areas: North, South, Midwest, and West. Of the 60 schools in the southern category, only nine are Virginia schools.
Lynchburg College fared particularly well in freshman retention, graduation rate, student-faculty ratio, number of freshmen in top 25 percent of their high school graduating class, and admissions acceptance rate. The rankings can be viewed at http://www.usnews.com.