LEWISTON, Idaho – For the fourth consecutive year and the seventh time in the last eight years, College Raptor has honored Lewis-Clark State College for being a small college doing big things.
LC State was named a Hidden Gem in the Rocky Mountains Region by College Raptor, a leading college search site that helps students, parents, counselors and college officials with college planning. Driven by artificial intelligence algorithms, the platform helps students and families find the best colleges at the best price based on personalized estimates of financial aid, scholarship, academic match and acceptance rates at every four-year college in the United States.
To qualify as a Hidden Gem, a school must have fewer than 7,000 undergraduate students, offer five or more unique majors, and have a 10 percent acceptance rate or higher among other criteria. The Rocky Mountain region consists of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.
In its 10th year, the Hidden Gems list spotlights exceptional colleges and universities that may not receive as much national recognition but still provide students with a high-quality academic experience. Factors including retention rates, graduation rates, student-to-faculty ratio, and other metrics as reported via the National Center for Education Statistics are taken into consideration when determining Hidden Gems.
“For students seeking the enriching experience of a smaller college with exceptional programs, institutions like LC State emerge as prime options, and we are honored to spotlight them with the recognition they genuinely deserve,” said William Staib, co-founder and CEO, College Raptor.