rudy-Diiriye Posted July 28, 2009 Top party schools, tastiest campus food, best financial aid and other college rankings for 2010 New York, July 27, 2009, Noon EDT According to The Princeton Review's annual survey of college students, the best professors are at Davidson College. Students party the heartiest at Pennsylvania State University and they're most satisfied with their financial aid at Swarthmore College. Colgate University takes top honors as the most beautiful campus, while Virginia Tech serves the best campus food and Smith College has the best dorms. The Princeton Review, an education services company perhaps best known for its test-prep courses, asked 122,000 students at 371 colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences. The company uses the students' responses to help generate reports on the top 20 colleges in over 50 different categories. Other ranking categories report on topics such as campus political leanings, social scenes and sports interests. All of the rankings are included in the 2010 edition of The Princeton Review's annual college guide "The Best 371 Colleges." The book also has unique ratings -- scores from 60 to 99 -- on each college's profile in eight categories, including Financial Aid, Fire Safety and Green (a rating based on the schools' environmental commitments). The book's ranking lists and school profiles with ratings will post on www.PrincetonReview. com today. "Each of our 371 'best' colleges offers great academics," says The Princeton Review vice president and publisher Robert Franek. "However, we don't rank schools academically because our goal is to help students find and get into the best school for them. Instead, we tally 62 ranking lists based on how students at these schools rated their campus experiences, plus ratings based on institutional data we collect on issues important to applicants. It's all about the fit." These and other ranking lists in the book and #1 colleges on them are: Top Party Schools #1: Pennsylvania State University Best Classroom Experience #1: Pomona College Happiest Students #1: Brown University Students Study the Most #1: California Institute of Technology Students Study the Least #1: West Virginia University Best Quality of Life #1: Rice University Students Pack the Stadiums #1: Pennsylvania State University Major Frat and Sorority Scene #1: Wofford College Most Socially Conservative #1: Brigham Young University Most Socially Liberal #1: Bard College Best Financial Aid #1: Swarthmore College More rankings and other related information http://spotlight.enc arta.msn.com/Feature s/encnet_Departments _College_default_art icle_Rankings10.html ?GT1=27004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
