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Knox College has continued its legacy of student success with the TRIO Achievement Program, which recently announced its annual award winners for the 2024-25 academic year. The College has received funding to support the program since 1974.
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Knox College is relaunching its KnoxCorps program, which focuses on immersive experience and community involvement, both important aspects of the Knox student experience.
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Knox College alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends raised more than one million dollars in support of its historic mission of access.
On June 8, Commencement at Knox College was a special occasion as four sets of twins took the stage, delighting the audience with twice the pride.
The traditional school calendar year may be over, but that does not mean Knox College students, staff, and faculty are taking a break. Here are ways members of the Knox community are keeping busy this summer.
Being the first to accomplish anything is never easy, but achieving it makes success even sweeter. On Saturday of Commencement Weekend 2025, 54 students at Knox College were celebrated for being the first person in their family to graduate from college at the 10th annual first-generation ceremony.
For the second year in a row, Knox was ranked 28 for best value among 200 national liberal arts colleges on the list.
Knox was ranked No. 31 out of 203 U.S. liberal arts colleges. Knox was also the highest-ranked liberal arts college in Illinois.
The 2023 edition of the Princeton Review’s annual guidebook, The Best 388 Colleges, ranks Knox College among top U.S. colleges.
The Knox community's work is noted in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges and in the Sierra Club's list of "Cool Schools."
A Decade of Excellence: Knox earns recognition among U.S. institutions for research and service for the 10th consecutive year.
The annual publication also ranks Knox highly for Social Mobility and Best Undergraduate Teaching.
Knox has again been ranked among the nation's top colleges.
Knox is second in Illinois and 45th in the nation when it comes to producing “happy and successful alumni,” according to Forbes magazine.
Magazine ranking identifies colleges and universities offering a high-quality education at an affordable price.
Knox College's creative writing program is selected for inclusion in "Creative Colleges," a college guidebook that focuses on the best colleges for students interested in the arts.
Knox College is ranked #16 in the nation in The New York Times 2017 College Access Index.
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Printed on Wednesday, July 16, 2025