Benedictine College is ranked in the Top 10 in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of “America’s Best Colleges.” 94 colleges in the Midwest division are ranked by U.S. News Media Group, and we come in at #10 in that list. Benedictine College has been a U.S. News “Best College” since 2007 and is currently the highest ranked Catholic college in the division and the highest ranked college or university in Kansas.
The annual rankings – in which U.S. News groups schools based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – provide a resource for parents and students considering higher education opportunities. Using a proprietary methodology, the U.S. News rankings give a comprehensive look at how schools stack up based on a set of 19 indicators of excellence and help prospective students, employees and donors evaluate and compare data compiled from more than 1,500 accredited four-year schools.
Benedictine College was also recently listed by The Wall Street Journal as the sixth most highly recommended school in the nation by its current students and young alumni. The Cardinal Newman Society named Benedictine as one of the Top 20 Catholic colleges in America. College Raptor named the school as a “Hidden Gem.” With consistent enrollment growth over the past 20 years, the college has more than doubled in size.
Benedictine College’s image and awareness are at an all-time high with record-setting enrollment and a plan to build an authentically Catholic school of osteopathic medicine on the Atchison campus. The Independence Hall-inspired Moritz Library in D’Aniello Hall was completed in 2026, tripling the amount of student space of the old facility and offering a look at our nation’s history with a replica of the Liberty Bell and the Assembly Room where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed in Philadelphia. And in 2017 Benedictine College renovated and expanded Westerman Hall, the science building, to provide students with one of the top STEM facilities of any small college in America and to support the sciences and the School of Engineering.