Abilene Christian University
ACU National Honors Academic Quality and Value
2010 U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges Abilene Christian University was named one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News and World Report in its 2011 edition. It also is the No. 1 “Up and Coming” university in the West Region, a designated it received in 2009 as well. ACU ranked 19th in the category of Master’s Universities – West, up one place from 2010. For the second consecutive year, ACU was named second in the Master's Universities – West category of A Strong Commitment to Teaching, highlighting institutions with "an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching." In the Great Schools, Great Prices category, ACU was listed 12th among the Master's Universities – West for the third straight year.
America's Best Colleges - Forbes Magazine For the second straight year, ACU is one of "America's Best Colleges" as determined by Forbes Magazine in a rankings list published in August 2010. Forbes joined with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity to chose 610 schools based on "the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve." ACU was ranked No. 484, placing the university in the top seven percent of the 6,600 accredited postsecondary institutions eligible for consideration. ACU and Pepperdine were the only two universities on the list affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACUTA Institutional Excellence Award ACU's mobile-learning initiative has been recognized as an innovative approach to education through technology. ACUTA, the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, gave ACU its most prestigious honor, the award for Institutional Excellence in Information Communications Technology. This distinction, given annually to three universities, is awarded for innovative and exemplary endeavors, products or services in the field of higher education technology.
CIO 100 Award CIO magazine announced ACU as a recipient of its 2009 CIO 100 Award. The 22-year-old award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. ACU was one of only six universities to receive the award. Other recipients include AT&T, Dell, GE Energy, IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Excellence in Service Learning ACU has received the "Excellence in Service-Learning" seal from Student Horizons. Each year, Student Horizons publishes the Guide to Service-Learning Colleges & Universities for collegebound students, highlighting institutions with exceptional service-learning programs. The guide defines service learning as "a teaching method that links course-based learning objectives to community-based service activities."
Best Western Colleges The Princeton Review named Abilene Christian University as one of the "Best in the West" for 2009. ACU is one of 120 schools receiving this distinction as "academically excellent institutions of higher learning" for the 15-state western region of the U.S.