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Birmingham-Southern College is a four-year, private liberal arts institution founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. For 10 straight years, Birmingham-Southern has been ranked among the top National Liberal Arts Colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report. In 1987, the magazine ranked the college as the No. 1 Regional Liberal Arts College in the South Region. The following year, Birmingham-Southern was elevated to the Liberal Arts College-Bachelor’s category—the top category a liberal arts institution can attain in the magazine’s annual rankings. Since then, the college’s ranking has continued to improve from Tier IV to its current Tier I ranking, placing it among the top 66 liberal arts colleges in the nation. The college also has been ranked by the magazine as the most efficiently operated school in the nation and as one of the 10 Best Values in America, in addition to one of 22 private colleges in the country listed as a “Best Buy” by the Fiske Guide to Colleges.

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Carnegie
Baccalaureate Colleges-Liberal Arts

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