Fast Facts - Commendations
- Only college in the nation to be included in all of the following: 2007 Princeton Review's Best 361 Colleges; Loren Pope's Colleges That Change People's Lives; Kaplan's Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges; Peterson's Competitive Colleges; Miriam Weinstein's Making A Difference College Guide: Outstanding Colleges to Help You Make a Better World; Barron's Best Buys in College Education; Leland Miles' Provoking Thought: What Colleges Should Do for Students; ELLEgirl Magazine: Top 50 colleges that Dare to be Different; Cosmo girl! Magazine: 100 Best Colleges; Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges; Washington Monthly's Top 60 Liberal Arts Colleges; and Don Asher's Cool Colleges.
- 1 of 13 National Liberal Arts colleges that are the "best performing" according to study conducted by Teagle Foundation in 2004, singling out colleges that achieve exceptional results in educating students. Juniata is an "overachieving college" based on an "exceptionally high graduation rate, has a high percentage of students who go to earn doctoral degrees and achieves those numbers through efficient use of resources."
- In a 2001 study of the 137 most productive undergraduate science programs Juniata was rated 4th best in the number of science degrees granted as a percentage of the total degrees granted. Juniata also was among at best in producing graduates who ultimately received a Ph. D in science. Source Academic Excellence - a study of the role of research in the natural sciences a undergraduate institutions.
- Among 518 highly selective baccalaureate institutions, ranked in the top 6% in the number of biology graduates and top 2% of physical sciences graduates who have earned the Ph.D.
- Over the last 5 years, almost 90% of JC students applying to professional health schools and 100% of students applying to allied health schools were accepted; 100% applying to law school were accepted last 3 years.
- Undergraduate institution of 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, William D. Phillips, '70.
- 3 graduate schools (Purdue, Carnegie-Mellon, Virginia) accept any Juniata student with a 3.3 average into their chemistry PhD program. Since 1987, all of Juniata's chemistry students wanting to go to grad school received an offer.
- Juniata consistently produces Fulbright scholars, Goldwater scholars, All-USA College Academic Team scholars, and St. Andrew's Society scholarship winners.
- Among 285 institutions nationwide, Juniata ranked 9th in Campus Safety (Reader's Digest, February 2008).