2026 Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award Winners

Undergraduate Institutions

  • Agnes Scott College
  • Arkansas State University
  • Binghamton University
  • Cal State LA
  • California State University Fullerton
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Colorado College
  • DePaul University
  • Elon University
  • Farmingdale State College
  • Framingham State University
  • Governors State University
  • Grand Valley State University
  • Gwynedd Mercy University
  • Hope College
  • Lehigh University
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • Molloy University
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Northern Michigan University
  • Regis College
  • Santa Clara University
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • State University of New York at Old Westbury (SUNY Old Westbury)
  • State University of New York-Brockport
  • Stony Brook University
  • Suffolk University
  • SUNY Oneonta
  • Swarthmore College
  • Texas Christian University
  • The University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Trinity College
  • University at Albany, State University of New York
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Vermont
  • West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Health Professions Schools

  • A.T. Still University of Graduate Health Sciences
  • Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis
  • Old Dominion University
  • Frontier Nursing University
  • Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
  • Hudson County Community College
  • Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  • Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
  • Mass General Hospital Institute for Health Professions
  • Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy
  • New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
  • Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing, California State University, Los Angeles
  • School of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • UC Riverside School of Medicine
  • University of California, Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine
  • University of Minnesota School of Nursing
  • Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Community Colleges

  • Anne Arundel Community College
  • Clark College
  • Community College of Aurora
  • Hudson County Community College
  • Middlesex Community College
  • Mt. Hood Community College
  • Pikes Peak State College
  • Rockland Community College
  • Seattle Central College

Law & Graduate Schools

  • Adler University
  • Johns Hopkins School of Education