Student Horizons, Inc. was founded in 2002 by concerned parents and admissions professionals looking for new, more effective ways to connect the right students with the right schools. Increasingly, students and parents examine characteristics such as average class size, teaching methodology, campus life, innovative programs like study abroad and service learning, the surrounding community, etc. in order to select the most appropriate college. Student Horizons, Inc. believes that the carefully chosen college or university, tailored to the individual student, makes all the difference in preparing young people for both collegiate success and success in life. To help facilitate the college search process, Student Horizons, Inc. builds and maintains several websites and guidebooks.

Our flagship initiative, Colleges of Distinction (www.collegesofdistinction.com), profiles approximately 200 schools that provide the pillars of a strong and active undergraduate education through excellence in engaging students, providing outstanding teaching, offering vibrant communities, and producing successful outcomes.

Student Horizons, Inc.'s newest initiative, Beyond the Books (www.beyondthebooks.org), promotes experiential learning opportunities in the United States. Visitors will be able to search a national database of service-learning programs, entrepreneurial training, internships, study abroad opportunities, leadership programs, and living-learning communities.

Our mission

Our mission at Student Horizons, Inc. is to enable students to find colleges and universities that appeal to and complement their unique personalities and aspirations, and to constantly search for opportunities to offer services and information that will enhance the lives of those being served as well as the greater community.

How we make a difference

Student Horizons, Inc. is committed to empowering its partners and the college-bound community through programs, products, and services that inspire people to make a positive impact on their communities. Our close involvement with many diverse colleges and universities throughout the United States places us in a unique position to help colleges share information. We are able to learn about collegiate programs, projects, and opportunities, and find innovative ways to present that information not only to other colleges, but to the college bound community as well.

Our vision and values

Within the next five years, Student Horizons, Inc. and its brands Beyond the Books and Colleges of Distinction will be well-known and trusted names within the higher education community. We will be the gold standard of guidebooks, websites, and other college communication services that go beyond the rankings of commercially-driven lists to help students find the college that is right for them. We aim to build a strong reputation and respect within the higher-education landscape as an innovative, useful, and trustworthy organization that they prefer to work with.

Our organizational values relay our commitment to ethical business practices, strong teams collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, persistence and flexibility. As a fast-growing entrepreneurial company we are focused on building our systems and programs and are committed to making decisions that benefit our clients and audiences.

Our employees are the most valued assets of our company- essential participants with a shared responsibility in fulfilling our mission. We recognize that the quality, motivation and performance of our employees is the key factor in achieving our success. Student Horizons, Inc. promotes an organizational structure and culture of employee involvement, open communication, teamwork and cooperation.