Taylor University.

• Position: Top Christian college

Taylor University has established itself as one of the pre-eminent Christian colleges in the Midwest while educating men and women for lifelong learning and the ministering of the redemptive love of Jesus Christ to a world in need since its founding in 1846. Taylor University's Upland and Fort Wayne campuses are home to nearly 2,300 students and more than 600 faculty and staff members.

With five consecutive top-five finishes in the Midwest region of the U.S. News and World Report survey "America's Best Colleges," Taylor has also been named a Character Building Institution by the John Templeton Foundation. Our graduates serve God and humankind throughout the world in professions ranging from computer programming, teaching and television reporting to pastoral and missionary ministry and business.

Named for 19th century Methodist bishop and missionary William Taylor, Taylor University is one university with two campuses. Our Upland campus offers majors in more than 60 fields of study including business, Christian education, communications, computer programming, education and physics. Taylor University Fort Wayne, established in 1992 with the merger of Taylor and Summit Christian College, continues to develop its place in higher...