WILKES HONORS COLLEGE RECEIVES TOP NATIONAL RATING FOR THE SECOND TIME
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by Lynda Rysavy | Thursday, Oct 29, 2020
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"This wonderful achievement stands as a testament to the world-class academic experience and unmatched opportunities available to our extraordinary students who are part of an intimate, ecosystem on the Jupiter campus, across the University, and throughout the region of South Florida," said Justin Perry, Ph.D., dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.
Inside Honors is published bi-annually and rates all honors program components on a five-mortarboard scale (similar to a five-star rating system) and is based on data obtained on honors graduation rates, class sizes, course range, and type, honors dorms, and other honors benefits, including merit scholarships.
The Wilkes Honors College is one of seven honors programs to receive a top rating of 5.0 "mortarboards.鈥
鈥淪ince 2002, more than 100 publications, most of them in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals, have included a Wilkes Honors College student as a co-author,鈥 said editor John Willingham.听 鈥淭he WHC also has strengths in the humanities and social sciences with 19 concentrations in these areas of study and if you are a National Merit Finalist, in or out of state, you will be eligible for a 鈥渃ost of attendance鈥 scholarship.鈥
This is the second time that the Wilkes Honors College has received this distinction. The college also received a top overall rating in the 2018-19 edition.
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Located in Jupiter, FL, on the John D. MacArthur campus of 抖M女仆, this close-knit, residential, highly-selective liberal arts and sciences college offers a distinctive all-honors curriculum. Surrounded by world-renowned scientific research institutes, college undergraduates benefit from unparalleled access to research internships.听
The opportunities are elite, especially for students interested in research at one of the prestigious institutes nearby, where undergraduates "have unprecedented access to working with scientists in all STEM fields.听