{"id":6076,"date":"2016-09-09T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T22:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/09\/the-no-1-school-in-south-carolina\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:44:40","slug":"the-no-1-school-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/the-no-1-school-in-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"The No. 1 school in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What makes Furman University one of the nation&#8217;s leading\u00a0liberal arts and sciences colleges? We believe it&#8217;s our personalized academic path.\u00a0Our educational\u00a0model creates a four-year pathway for students, combining learning with real-world experiences and self-discovery. That&#8217;s made an impression on our peers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 1 liberal arts university\u00a0in South Carolina (<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>No. 5 &#8220;Best School for Making an Impact&#8221; (<em>The Princeton Review<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>One of the 25 best institutions in the South (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>One of the nation&#8217;s top 40 undergraduate institutions for producing Fulbright winners<\/li>\n<li>One of the nation&#8217;s top 200 schools that provide an outstanding combination of academics, affordability and career prospects (<em>The Princeton Review<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>One of the 25 best colleges in the Southeast (CollegeRaptor.com)<\/li>\n<li>Best college in South Carolina (CollegeFactual.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>STARS Gold rating<\/li>\n<li>One of the most environmentally responsible institutions in higher education (<em>The Princeton Review: Guide to Green Schools<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>One of 100 schools listed in &#8220;Teaching Sustainability: 100 Colleges Doing &#8216;Green&#8217; Right&#8221; (BestCollegeRankings.org)<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the &#8220;Top 25 colleges and universities for environmental initiatives (AffordableSchools.net)<\/li>\n<li>Featured in\u00a0&#8220;The Campus Wild: How College and University Green Landscapes Provide Havens for Wildlife and &#8216;Lands-on&#8217; Experiences for Students&#8221; (<em>The Campus Wild<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Campus Beauty<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of 10 &#8220;resort-like campuses&#8221; in America (The Travel Channel)<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the &#8220;25 most beautiful campuses in the world&#8221; (BuzzFeed)<\/li>\n<li>Ranked among the &#8220;50 most beautiful campus quads&#8221; (CollegeRank.net)<\/li>\n<li>One of the 11 prettiest colleges in America (PureWow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes Furman University one of the nation&#8217;s leading\u00a0liberal arts and sciences colleges? We believe it&#8217;s our personalized academic path.\u00a0Our educational\u00a0model creates a four-year pathway for students, combining learning with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":6077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,34,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-admission","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}