The University of New Haven is a private, top-tier comprehensive institution recognized as a national leader in experiential education. Founded in 1920, the University provides its students with a unique combination of a solid liberal arts education and real-world, hands-on professional training. UNH's approximately 6,000 students select from more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree offerings in the arts and sciences, business, criminal justice, engineering and forensic sciences. This year, U.S. News and World Report magazine named UNH among the top-tier regional universities in the North in its annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings.