Fiske College Guide Names University of Richmond to List of Best Buys in the Nation
August 1, 2001
The 2002 edition of "The Fiske Guide to Colleges" has named the University of Richmond to its list of 43 best buys among America's colleges and universities.
Richmond was among only 22 private institutions - and the only Virginia private university - to make the select group in the annual guidebook, which sifted the country's 2,200 four-year schools for those offering "remarkable educational opportunities at a relatively modest cost."
The Fiske Guide also named Richmond to its list of 15 private universities strong in business, alongside Carnegie Mellon, Emory, MIT, Penn and others.
"When a college guide as renowned as the Fiske Guide finds we are among the best in the nation in offering an outstanding education at a reasonable cost, it is a great honor," said university president William E. Cooper. "We work hard to provide superior faculty, programs and resources to our students, and it is gratifying to know that our efforts are being recognized."
Three Virginia public institutions - Mary Washington College, the
University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary - were
named Fiske best buys in the public colleges and universities category.
"There are some bargains to be found in higher education; it
just takes a bit of shopping around and a little help to find them,"
the guide states. "When shopping for higher education, price
and quality do not necessarily go hand in hand."
Written by Edward B. Fiske, education editor of The New York Times from 1974-91, the book profiles 300 of "the best and most interesting institutions in the nation-the ones that students most want to know about." Sample information is available at www.fiskeguides.com.