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The 25 Best Professors in the Country

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Corinne Sullivan

Think you have one of the best college professors in the country? Now you can find out if he or she made the cut! RateMyProfessors.com, the highest-trafficked U.S. college professor rating site featuring more that 8,000 schools, 15 million ratings and 1.8 million professors, has released a list to tell you which professors have earned the highest overall ratings. 

On the site, students rate professors on several dimensions: clarity, helpfulness, easiness and rater interest (interest level prior to attending the class). However, a professor’s Overall Quality rating (which informs the highest rated professor list) is determined by an equal weighing of only two criteria: clarity and helpfulness. 5 is the highest rating and 1 is the lowest rating for each of the dimensions.

Here is this year’s list of the top 25 professors in the country, according to RateMyProfessors.com!

25. Anna Bass

Management, Southeastern Louisiana University

24. Susan Young

Mathematics, University of Akron

23. Jessica Damian

English, Georgia Gwinnett College

22. Kevin Kreider

Mathematics, University of Akron

21. Margaret Jordan

English, Wayne State University

20. Garry Merritt

Languages, University of North Georgia – Oakwood

19. William Hoston

Political Science, University of Houston – Clear Lake

18. Paige Baltzan

Business, University of Denver

17. Donald Franks

Mathematics, California University of Pennsylvania

16. Pietro Lorenzini

Criminal Justice, Governors State University

15. Karen Turner

Business, University of Miami

14. Andrew Russakoff

Computer Science, St. John’s University

13. Raj Bose

Business, University of Phoenix Hawaii Campus

12. Sarah Satterfield

Music, College of Central Florida

11. Myra Bloom

English, Oral Roberts University

10. Warren Schultz

Education, St. Joseph’s College

9. Dr. Kimora

Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice


8. Claude Mark Hurlbert

English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

7. Bridget Middleton

Mathematics, Santa Fe College

6. Debra Farrer

Education, California University of Pennsylvania

5. Kevin Raiford

Business, College of Southern Nevada

4. Rosalind Hall

Music, Brigham Young University

3. Kenneth Anderson

Music, University of California San Diego

2. Devon Hanahan

Spanish, College of Charleston

1. Penny Livermore

Classics, Loyola University Chicago

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Corinne Sullivan is an editorial intern at Her Campus. She is in her senior year at Boston College, majoring in English with a Creative Writing Concentration. On campus, she cheers at football and basketball games as part of the Boston College Pom Squad and performs as a member of the Dance Organization of Boston College. She also teaches spin classes at the campus gym and contributes to the BC branch of Her Campus. Corinne loves the beach, all things chocolate, and is unashamed of her love for Young Adult Fiction. You can follow her on Twitter at @cesullivan14.