and the 1999 National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2002 the university received a Getty Grant Program award to develop a campus heritage preservation plan.
In December 2015 the university received a Tree Campus USA designation, a program of the Arbor Day Foundation which recognizes and encourages the best practices of planting and caring for campus trees and the engagement of students in environmental stewardship. The university was accredited in 2016 by the Morton Arboretum as a Level II arboretum for its historic trees and landscapes.
== Rankings ==
For its 2023 edition, the Princeton Review selected the university as one of America’s ‘Best Colleges’. In its 2024 edition, U.S news & World Report ranked the university 27th in the Regional Universities (North) Category. In 2022, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Salve in the top 401st – 500th category of U.S. colleges. In 2022 both Architectural Digest and Conde Nast Traveler ranked the university …
