The Honors College opens up exciting opportunities for you inside the classroom, in the community and in preparing for the future. You’ll be part of a community of scholars who share your curiosity and love of learning. Our dedicated faculty will inspire you and the seminar-style courses will engage you. The Honors College is a stepping stone to greater educational opportunities and success in life.
Benefits of the Honors College
- Increased transferability to select four-year institutions
- Classes limited to 25 students per section
- Classes with other academically motivated students
- Classes taught by a select group of faculty
- Dedicated academic & transfer advisor
- Educational and cultural trips to places such as Philadelphia, Gettysburg, New York & Washington, DC
- Substantially reduces the cost of a college degree
Honors College by the Numbers
- Approximately 75 students admitted each year
- Roughly 20 different high schools represented each year
- 90% retention rate (from freshman to sophomore year)
- 80% graduate within two years
- 90% have successfully transferred to pursue bachelor’s degrees
- Admitted students average over a 3.50 GPA (or 90%) GPA
- Admitted students average between 1150-1200 on the SAT
Success of Graduates
Honors College students have been accepted by some excellent colleges & universities around the country. Included on that list are the following schools:
- American University - Honors College
- American University of Paris
- Arizona State University - Honors College
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Berklee College of Music
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bucknell University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Drew University
- Drexel University
- Emory University
- Fordham University
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- Hamilton College
- Hofstra University
- Ithaca College
- John Jay College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lafayette College
- Lehigh University
- Moravian College
- NJIT
- North Carolina State University
- Northeastern University
- NYU
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rowan University - Honors College
- Rutgers - New Brunswick (Business School)
- Rutgers School of Pharmacy
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Smith College
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Syracuse University
- The College of New Jersey
- Tufts University
- University of Colorado - Boulder
- University of Delaware
- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maine
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of Miami (FL)
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas-Austin
- University of Virginia
- University of Wisconsin
- Vassar College
- Villanova University
- Virginia Tech
- Wesleyan University
- William & Mary University
- Yale University
