Top 10 best value private colleges for 2009

PR Newswire — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:35:37 +0000

From The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review, one of America’s most widely-known education services and test-prep companies, and USA TODAY, have announced the 100 Best Value Colleges for 2009.

The “Best Value” colleges list, reported on PrincetonReview.com and USAToday.com, features 50 public and 50 private colleges and universities. The Princeton Review selected these institutions as its “best value” choices for 2009 based on its surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities. The selection criteria covered more than 30 factors in three areas: academics, costs of attendance, and financial aid, using the most recently reported data from each institution for its 2007-08 academic year.

The Princeton Review “Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges for 2009″ are:

1. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore PA)

2. Harvard College (Cambridge MA)

3. Princeton University (Princeton NJ)

4. Rice University (Houston TX)

5. Yale University (New Haven CT)

6. Williams College (Williamstown MA)

7. Amherst College (Amherst, MA)

8. California Institute of Technology (Pasadena CA)

9. Pomona College (Claremont CA)

10. Stanford University (Stanford CA)

To view in-depth details about the schools, go to The Princeton Review online, or to USAToday.com.

Source: The Princeton Review

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Tom Kessler — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:28:26 +0000

From PrincetonReview.com

According to a survey by The Princeton Review that asked 120,000 students at 368 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences, the best professors are at Middlebury College (VT). The tastiest campus food is at Wheaton College (IL) and the best dorms are at Loyola College (MD). The students happiest with their financial aid attend Princeton University, which also tops the list for the most beautiful campus.

Ranking lists report the top 20 colleges in these and over 50 other categories in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual college guide Best 368 Colleges. Other ranking categories report on campus political leanings, race/class relations, social scenes and sports interests.

The book also includes ratings (numerical scores from 60 to 99) on each college profile in eight categories tallied by The Princeton Review. Among them is a new Green Rating based on the schools’ environmentally-related practices, policies and course offerings. The book’s ranking lists and school profiles are posted on PrincetonReview.com.

Other ranking lists in the book and No.1 colleges on them are:

Best Career / Job Placement Services – Northeastern University (Boston)
Best Classroom Experience – Stanford University
Most Conservative Students – Texas A&M University (College Station)
Most Liberal Students – Occidental College (Los Angeles)
Most Politically Active Students – American University (DC)
Top Party School – University of Florida (Gainesville)
Top Stone-Cold Sober School – Brigham Young University
Least Religious Students – Lewis & Clark College (OR)
Race / Class Relations Friendliest – Pitzer College (CA)
Most Diverse Student Body – City University of New York – Baruch College
Gay Community Most Accepted – Emerson College (Boston)
Best Athletic Facilities – University of Maryland at College Park
Everyone Plays Intramural Sports – University of Notre Dame
Great College Town – DePaul University (Chicago)

Source: Princeton Review

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