What makes New College of Florida one of the nation’s best colleges? It offers “undeniably awesome” academics and professors and students who “encourage a love of learning.”
The praise for New College comes in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review’s “Best 379 Colleges,” published today. The Review has placed New College of Florida in the top 15 percent of all four-year institutions nationwide for the 13th consecutive year.
The Princeton Review already recognized New College with the No. 2 national ranking among public colleges for quality and affordability in its annual “150 Best Value Colleges” listing, released in February.
“The Best 379 Colleges” does not provide an overall rank for the colleges, but provides ratings in eight categories, based on institutional data it collected in 2013-2014. Ratings are on a scale of 60 to 99.
New College’s ratings include:
- Academics: 97
- Interesting professors: 97
- Admissions selectivity: 92
- Accessible professors: 91
Among other survey comments from New College of Florida students:
- New College “provides challenging courses for highly self-motivated students who want a large amount of control over their academic choices.”
- New College’s narrative course evaluations “force students to fully participate and the professors to pay close attention.”
- New College students are “friendly, passionate about the things they believe in, very hard workers.”
The Princeton Review also includes 62 ranked lists on specific topics, based on student surveys. Among New College’s list appearances:
- #2: Easiest College to Get Around
- #7: Most Politically Active Students
- # 9: Most LGBT Friendly
- #10: Great Financial Aid
“The Best 379 Colleges” is the 23rd edition of the annual book and is one of 150 Princeton Review books published by Random House, including test-prep guides for the ACT, SAT, SAT Subject Tests, and Advanced Placement exams, as well as “The Complete Book of Colleges” and “Paying for College Without Going Broke.”
The Princeton Review’s school profiles and ranking lists in “The Best 379 Colleges” are posted online at http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx
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