University of Richmond Named to Princeton Review's "The Best 357 Colleges" Guide
September 2, 2004
The University of Richmond has been included in the 2005 edition of The Princeton Review's "The Best 357 Colleges." The national college guidebook awarded Richmond four stars, the highest number possible, in the areas of academics, student selectivity and campus life.
The academics rating measures "how hard students work and how much they get back for their efforts, on a scale of 60-99," according to the magazine's editors. Richmond's 96 rating on the scale was higher than Harvard's 94.
The rating "is calculated from student survey results and statistical information reported by administrators," according to the editors. "Factors weighed include how many hours students study outside of the classroom and the quality of students the school attracts." The magazine also "considered students' assessments of their professors, class size, student-teacher ratio, use of teaching assistants, amount of class discussion, registration and resources."
The quality of life ranking "rates how happy students are with their lives outside the classroom" based on such factors as students' overall happiness, campus safety, quality of residence halls and food, friendliness of other students and ease in dealing with administrators.
Student selectivity measures how competitive admission is at the school, determined by "class rank of entering freshmen, test scores and percentage of applicants accepted."
The 357 colleges included in the guidebook represent "the cream of the crop--comprising the top 10 percent of all colleges in the nation," according to the editors.
The Princeton Review selects colleges and universities for inclusion based on recommendations of independent educational consultants, research by its editors and student surveys.