[4] The U.S. News & World Report highlighted the Honors College as one of six institutions in the country that offer a high quality education at a low cost, focusing on the valuable opportunities and connections available to students in the program.

[8] Under Coon's leadership the Honors College has launched a series of seminar and forum courses taught by top professors and community leaders, addressing topics such as blockchain,[9] gene editing,[10] cancer,[11] Presidential elections[12] and Gothic.

[13] In response to COVID-19, the Honors College has also offered intersession seminars, Pandemic (2020)[14] and Vaccine (2021),[15] taught by interdisciplinary groups of doctors, scholars and government officials.

The Path Program has received nearly $2 million in grants to fund scholarships from the National Science Foundation,[16][17] as well as generous support from private donors.

Honors College students have enjoyed a 90% acceptance rate to medical school and received Gates Cambridge, Rhodes, Madison, Marshall, Fulbright, Boren, Gilman, Truman, Goldwater, and National Science Foundation scholarships.