“America’s 100 Best College Buys” chose Lee as one of their top choices every year since 2006. This annual national college survey seeks to identify those colleges and universities who are providing an academically superior educational environment at the lowest possible cost.

Since the year 2000, Lee University has been listed in the Princeton Review ranking of “best colleges” in the South.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has recommended Lee University as one of 50 "All-American Colleges," and included the College in the publication, "All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith."

Lee University’s community service program was recently ranked among the top 100 in the country by the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency tasked with fostering an ethic of volunteerism and service in America. The corporation not only placed Lee University on the inaugural President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, it also recognized the school’s efforts “with distinction” in two key areas: general community service and hurricane relief service. Less than 100 schools were named to the honor roll “with distinction” for general community service, and the ranking places Lee alongside such notable schools as Duke, Purdue, LSU, and Stanford.

Lee University ranks third in the country among the top 20 baccalaureate institutions in the percentage of undergraduates receiving credit for studying abroad, according to Open Doors 2006, an annual report published by the New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE). Lee has also been among the top 20 baccalaureate institutions nationally for the number of international students (248 in fall 2006).

Lee University is proud to have been chosen for inclusion by the John Templeton Foundation to the Honor Roll for Character Building Colleges.

The regional accrediting organization, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, awarded Lee University with full accreditation during the years 1995 and again in 2005, as continued confirmation of its excellence in all areas of the university.

The music program achieved national recognition by becoming a full member of the National Association of Schools of Music in 1998.

The athletic training program was awarded national accreditation in 2005 by the CAATE, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.

EPI stands for Enrollment Power Index® – a program funded by the National Research Center for College & University Admissions. EPI is a review and evaluation of every college website in the United States (over 3,000 of them!). High School students from across the US scored every college website in the country. They looked for many key features; such as the ability for students to apply online, find tuition or financial aid information or even the ability to contact an admissions office to set-up a campus visit. They also graded the college on the ease of navigation! The students gave each college a "Grade" that ranges from A to F. Lee University received an A, only 140 schools received such a high grade card, and that puts Lee University in the top 4.5% of all college websites.