TCNJ Named No. 10 on The Princeton Review’s 2009 Top 10 “Best Value” Public College List presented by The Princeton Review and USA Today
The College of New Jersey is the nation’s No. 10 ”Best Value” public college for 2009, according to The Princeton Review, one of America’s most widely-known education services companies. The Princeton Review has teamed with USA TODAY, the nation’s most widely-read newspaper, to present The Princeton Review’s “Best Value” Colleges list for 2009. Read more about this latest accolade for the College.
"The Today Show" announced the Princeton Review's new ranking of best value colleges, of which TCNJ is rated among the top-10 public colleges and universities in the nation.
The College of New Jersey is the nation’s No. 10 ”Best Value” public college for 2009, according to The Princeton Review, one of America’s most widely-known education services companies. The Princeton Review has teamed with USA TODAY, the nation’s most widely-read newspaper, to present The Princeton Review’s “Best Value” Colleges list for 2009.
The “Best Value” colleges list, reported in the January 8th print edition of USA TODAY, and on PrincetonReview.com/bestvaluecolleges and BestValueColleges.usatoday.com, features a total of 100 schools in all: 50 public and 50 private colleges and universities.
In its profile of TCNJ on USA TODAY’s website, the editors at The Princeton Review said, “The College of New Jersey offers a private school-caliber education for a public school price … Overall, the quality of instruction and opportunity that comes along with attending TCNJ makes it an incredible bang for your buck.”
TCNJ is one of only three schools in New Jersey to make the top 100 list.
The Princeton Review selected the institutions as its “best value” choices for 2009 based on its surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities. The selection criteria covered more than 30 factors in three areas: academics, costs of attendance, and financial aid: lists tallies were made using the most recently reported data from each institution for its 2007-08 academic year. Of the 50 schools chosen in each “best value” category (public and private), the top 10 are ranked 1 to 10, and the remaining 40 are listed in alphabetical order and unranked.
Said Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publisher, “We have always believed finding the “best fit” college should be the foremost goal for student applicants and their families. But the economic crisis and financial downturn have presented sobering challenges both to families struggling to afford college and to higher education institutions struggling to maintain their programs in the face of budget and funding shortfalls. We are pleased to partner with USA TODAY to present these schools for all they are doing to provide outstanding academics at a relatively low cost of attendance and/or generous financial aid.”
Visitors to The Princeton Review’s and USA TODAY’s websites can access the complete lists of 50 public and 50 private “Best Value” colleges. USA TODAY’s site, BestValueColleges.usatoday.com, features a database that allows users to view in-depth details about the schools by clicking on an interactive map to explore criteria including cost of attendance and financial aid data, enrollment size, location and The Princeton Review’s analysis of why each school was chosen as a “Best Value” college.
The Princeton Review previously reported annual “best value” public and private colleges lists (and top 10 ranking schools in each category) on its website and in its book, “America’s Best Value Colleges,” which was published from 2004 to 2007.
Links:
http://www.princetonreview.com/bestvaluecolleges
http://www.BestValueColleges.usatoday.com
Posted on January 13, 2009
