Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida (a suburb of Orlando, Florida), along the shores of Lake Virginia. Rollins is currently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the number one regional educational institution in the South, a ranking held for six consecutive years now. Rollins held the number two spot on that list for the ten consecutive years prior to that. Rollins is a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), National Association of Schools of Music, American Chemical Society, Florida Department of Education, American Association of Museums, AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Council for Accreditation of Counseling, and Related Educational Programs. Rollins was founded in 1885, by New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to what was then the Florida frontier. It is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Florida, and has been independent, nonsectarian, and coeducational from conception.