• Private, independent, coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences founded in 1911

• Beautiful 115-acre campus located in a safe, tree-lined residential neighborhood, 20 minutes from downtown Portland, OR, which was recently described by Outside magazine as one of "The Best Towns in the U.S."

• Self-directed, intellectual students love Reed.

• Nationally known education and career advisor Donald Asher '83 characterizes Reed as "an extremely liberal student body wedded to an extremely conservative curriculum ... liberal in the old sense of free, and conservative in the old sense of guarding a known good."

• The Hidden Ivies guidebook writes, "Reed has remained true to its original mission to provide intelligent, intellectually passionate young men and women with a first-rate education in an atmosphere of free inquiry and reflection ... A premium is placed on the quality of teaching and advising since intellectual dialogue and study is the key point of the Reed experience."

• Reed is skeptical of numerical ranking of colleges and, as a result, does not submit data to U.S. News & World Report for their so-called America's Best Colleges issue.

• One of the nation's top producers of future Ph.D. recipients as a percentage of all graduates; 70% of alumni earn a graduate degree.

• 31 Rhodes Scholars to date

• While Reed maintains a traditional transcript for students, feedback from professors is qualitative and does not include letter grades.

• Reed is the only college in the country with a research nuclear reactor that is staffed primarily by undergraduates. The Reed reactor has more female reactor operaters than all other research reactors combined.

• 1,464 students

• 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio

• Average class size: 15

• Students come from all across the U.S. and from 43 countries; 16% from the Northwest and 24% from California.

• More than 10% of faculty attended Reed as undergraduates.

• No classes taught by graduate teaching assistants.

• Extensive faculty/student collaborative research opportunities exist; students research and write a thesis during their senior year.

• Access to faculty members is one-on-one and this teaching method—coupled with small, interactive conference-style classes—demands students' active participation.

• Comprehensive Fee: $45,880

• 50% of students received need-based awards covering 100% of evaluated need.

• 70+ ever-changing student organizations funded by student vote

• Exclusive organizations are not permitted (no fraternities or sororities).

• 7 volunteer-coached athletic teams and a P.E. requirement, but no varsity sports

• Frequent lectures, readings, theatrical performances, and community events

• Middle 50% SAT composite scores: 1310-1470 (Math and Verbal)

• Mean composite ACT score: 30

• Average GPA: 3.9

• 11% of students are in the first generation of their family to attend college.

• 25% of students are from historically underrepresented minority groups.