Austin College is a leading liberal arts college in Sherman, Texas, with a reputation for academic excellence. Its 1,350 students are engaged citizens who benefit from emphases on global understanding and servant leadership. Nationally recognized for pre-professional preparation, health science students at Austin College's enjoy a 90 percent acceptance rate into professional and graduate programs, and law students are equally successful. Experiential discovery is foundational at the college, where faculty and students are partners in learning and in research. The new Compass Curriculum guarantees every student an applied learning experience which may include an internship, undergraduate research, community leadership and more. The college is one of 40 included in the influential book Colleges That Change Lives.