Okay, Princeton Review has about 62 categories that they use for
"Best of" and I'll leave it to the interested reader to examine the
category of interest to him/her -- summer's ending soon and I've
still got work to finish before classes begin. So, go to:
http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx
NOTE: You may have to register with the website to get
access to the Full Monty.
For people who like to read the method sections of an article
first, see:
http://www.princetonreview.com/how-we-do-it.aspx
(Note: the data used comes from a survey of 130K students
who answered an 80 question instrument; additional info
from other sources, such as administrator's ranking of a
college were also used).
There is also a FAQ about the book "The Best 379 Colleges":
http://www.princetonreview.com/faqs-college-rankings.aspx
Here is PR's press release for the book version of the "best
colleges":
http://www.princetonreview.com/best-press-release.aspx
Quoting the press release, here are the #1 colleges in some
select categories:
Other lists in "The Best 379 Colleges" and #1 colleges on them:
Most Beautiful Campus - Colgate University (NY)
Best-Run College - Elon University (NC)
Best College Library - University of Chicago (IL)
Best Campus Food - Virginia Tech (VA)
Best College Dorms - Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Best Health Services - Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Happiest Students - Vanderbilt University (TN)
Most Conservative Students - Texas A&M University (TX)
Most Liberal Students - Sarah Lawrence College (NY)
LGBT-Friendly - Stanford University (CA)
Best Athletic Facilities - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(IL)
Students Pack the Stadiums - University of Kansas (KS)
Top Party Schools - Syracuse University (NY)
Top Stone-Cold Sober Schools - Brigham Young University (UT)
Their Students Love These Colleges - Claremont McKenna College (CA)
You can buy the paper book at the usual suspects, it lists for about
$23.99 -- $17.75 at Amazon, $16.14 for the Kindle version.
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
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