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University Makes Princeton Review ā€˜Best Colleges’ Debut

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August 6, 2019
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Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę appeared in The Princeton Review's "Best 385 Colleges" guide for the first time Tuesday.

Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę continues to be recognized as one of the top universities in the country, and the campus received another notable accolade Tuesday, making its first appearance in The Princeton Review’s ā€œBest 385 Collegesā€ guide.

The 2020 edition was formulated through surveys of 140,000 students from across the country. The 84-question survey touches on a school’s academics, administration, campus community and personal experience. The 385 schools are not ranked in numerical order.

Princeton Review’s Ā includes comments from current students that ā€œthe school is great at supporting you on every single levelā€ and ā€œthere are multiple programs to help support students mentally and educationally.ā€ Students added that there is a common ā€œcraving for knowledgeā€ among ā€œpeople from many backgrounds that have come together to learn.ā€

ā€œOur inclusion in the ā€˜Best 385 Colleges’ encapsulates the positive experiences our students enjoy while attending this growing campus,ā€ Chancellor Dorothy Leland said. ā€œOur campus community shares a special bond around our commitment to creating social mobility for not only our students, but also their families.ā€

The ā€œBest Collegesā€ guide includes several other lists and rankings. Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę was recognized as a ā€œā€ college, and also earned high marks for sustainability — in addition to being named to the ā€œā€ list, the campus earned the maximum score of 99 for Green Rating. Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę is the only institution in the country with every building being LEED certified — an independent verification of a building features, including design, construction, operations and maintenance.

The university’s ā€˜Financial Aid Rating’ was 87, taking into account the campus’s need-based scholarships and average cumulative indebtedness, among other factors. Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę is the only public university and only research university in the country with a Pell-eligible student population over 60 percent and a graduation rate over 60 percent. ā€˜Quality of Life’ was another area where Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę earned a rating over 80, and the university also appeared in the top 20 of three different rankings of schools where .

This is the second list Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę has debuted on this summer. In June, the university Ā among U.S. universities in the Times Higher Education Young University rankings.