UC Highlighted in the Princeton Review's Best Colleges Book
The University of Cincinnati is among the nations best institutions for a college education, according to The Princeton Reviews 2011 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 373 Colleges.
Only about 15 percent of the nations four-year colleges are featured in the book, which is the Princeton Reviews flagship college guide.
UC student surveys in The Princeton Review praised UCs campus as an urban oasis of amazing architecture, with amenities galore. Students also praised the Cincinnati area as holding a huge variety of excellent employers as well as an excellent environment for raising a family.
We commend UC for its outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our selection of schools for the book, says Robert Franek, vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review. Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about our schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback from students attending the schools, and the opinions of our staff and our 28-member National College Counselor Advisory Board.
UC scored solid ratings in The Princeton Review for quality of life (how happy students are outside the classroom), fire safety and its green initiatives a measure of the schools performance as an environmentally aware and responsible institution.
This years edition of Best Colleges reinforces several areas in which UC has received other national recognition a beautiful and green-sensitive campus, strong academics, real-world experiences and diversity writ large, says Caroline Miller, senior associate vice president for enrollment management. With significant increases in applications and campus visits, it is clear that UC is a campus of choice, Miller says.
UCs diverse student body was highlighted not only in terms of different ethnicities, but also in its representation of older students as well as students from varying economic backgrounds. The students quoted in the book say the campus is a vibrant quilt of culture that feels very realistic.
The Princeton Review has posted the school profiles for The Best 373 Colleges online.
The Best 373 Colleges is published by Random House/Princeton Review Books and costs $22.99.
Online applications for 2011 are now open. Applications must be received by Dec. 1, 2010 for scholarship consideration.
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