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2023-2024 Course Catalog

Awards and Accolades

�鶹��Ժ proud of the recognitions we’ve garnered locally, nationally, and internationally. This page offers a selection of our awards and accolades.

Chatham routinely ranks within the top 25 universities in the world for sustainability as measured by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education ()’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System ().

Chatham University was selected for the Princeton Review’s 2019 Green Honor Roll for receiving a score of 99 (the highest possible score) in the 2019 Green Rating tallies. Only 26 schools out 648 colleges were selected for this honor.

Chatham University has been recognized as a college that is a best place to learn, to grow, and to succeed by . Chatham's inclusion was determined through criteria focusing on excellence in engagement, teaching, community, and outcomes – the aspects that have been shown to result in effective undergraduate education.

For five consecutive years, Chatham University has been admitted to the  (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) for engaging its students, faculty, and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community.

�鶹��Ժ consistently ranked as a best college by  and among the top master's-level institutions in the Northeast by . Chatham was also ranked as a Best Value School in the same category in 2019.  ranked Chatham within the top three colleges for aspiring women leaders.

Chatham University’s  received a 2018 Best of Green Schools Award from the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in collaboration with the Green Schools National Network (GSNN).

Eden Hall Campus was recognized nationwide with a from the American Institute of Architects.

Chatham has been recognized as a  for eight years running (2012-2020) in recognition of the University’s commitment to promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

In 2020, , the official publication of the Sierra Club, ranked Chatham University as the country’s  in its annual ranking of the nation's Cool Schools. This is the sixth year in a row that Chatham has earned this top 20 honor.

In 2013, Chatham received a prestigious  from Second Nature, a nonprofit that works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transforming higher education. Also in 2013, the International Sustainable Campus Network honored Chatham with a Sustainable Campus Excellence Award, the only North American institution so honored that year.

Chatham has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council, the (2012, 2013), and the  (2011), and was the first university in Pennsylvania to be recognized by the  as a Bike Friendly University.

Chatham was ranked ninth in the country in undergraduate participation in study abroad among the Top 40 Master’s Colleges and Universities (based on the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education) in the . It placed in the Top 50 in 2015.

Chatham received the , presented by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

Chatham's online programs were recently ranked as one of the "" by The Best Colleges. Chatham was also ranked #2 for "Most Affordable Online Colleges in Pennsylvania" across all accredited colleges in PA that were reviewed.

In 2018, Chatham’s graduate and undergraduate nursing programs earned a “Best Online Program” ranking by . The MSN and DNP programs were ranked in the top 100 of all online programs.

In 2007,  named Chatham’s MFA in Creative Writing one of “Nine Distinctive Programs” and the named it one of five innovative/ unique programs in the country in its “Best of the Best” graduate program listings. In January 2012,  named it one of the “Four top schools you should consider” and in 2009, named it one of ten programs that offer a specialty focus.

�鶹��Ժ one of only five universities in our region to have a  chapter, the most prestigious national undergraduate honors society.

Chatham’s Board of Trustees was one of six institutions honored with the 2016  for Board Service by the .

Chatham’s Women’s Business Center, hosted by  at Chatham University, was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the 2018 Women’s Business Center of the Year.

Chatham University has been recognized as a university committed to increasing college student voting rates with the recognition of a "silver seal" award from the . 

In 2019, Chatham was proud to have celebrated its .