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College Rankings 2010: The Best 371 Colleges

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Monday, 27 July 2009

The Princeton Review recently released their annual rankings of colleges. Here they rank the best colleges in a number of categories (62 in total) ranging from the Best Dorms and Most Beautiful Colleges to the Top Party Schools and the Biggest Greek Scene.

Among the top category winners include:

  • Best Professors - Davidson College
  • Most Beautiful Campus - Colgate University
  • Best Campus Food - Virginia Tech
  • Best Dorms - Smith College
  • Biggest Party School - Penn State
  • Students Pack the Stadiums - Penn State
  • Best Financial Aid - Swarthmore College
  • Best Career Services – University of Florida
  • Best Classroom Experience – Pomona College
  • Most Accessible Profs – U.S. Military Academy
  • Most Conservative Students – Texas A&M University
  • Most Liberal Students – Warren Wilson College
  • Most Politically Active Students – George Washington University
  • Least Religious Students – Bennington College
  • Race / Class Relations Friendliest – University of Miami
  • Gay Community Most Accepted – New York University
  • Top Stone-Cold Sober Schools – Brigham Young University
  • Everyone Plays Intramural Sports – Notre Dame
  • Best Athletic Facilities – University of Maryland
  • Best Town-Gown Relations – Clemson University
  • Students Study the Most - Cal Tech
  • Students Study the Least - West Virginia University
  • Happiest Students - Brown University
  • Least Happy Students - United States Merchant Marine Academy
  • Biggest Greek Scene - Wofford College

The rankings are based on surveys taken by 122,000 college students across the country. The 80-question survey asked students about their college's academics, administration, campus life, student body, and themselves.

More details on these rankings coming soon.

See:
The Top 20 Best Dorms
The Top 20 Party Schools

Or, for more in-depth report, check out The Best 371 Colleges, which goes on sale July 28, 2009.

 
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