Monday, March 2, 2009

Number 1 ranked school for sending students abroad


Austin College of Sherman ranks No. 1 in the nation for its study abroad participation rates among undergraduate institutions.
This is the third time Austin College has gotten the top ranking in the last five years. The other two were in 2004 and 2006. The Institute of International Education issued its rankings in the Open Doors 2008 report in November.
Over the last decade, an average 70 percent of Austin College students have studied abroad.
For the last year, Austin College was one of 18 institutions in the nation that sent more than 80 percent of students abroad.
Austin College offers many options to get involved while you are abroad, including internship programs as well as service opportunities.
Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope's book Colleges That Change Lives.

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