The College of Charleston is once again one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. Only about 15% of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and two
Canadian colleges are in the just-published 2010 edition of “The Best 371 Colleges.” The College of Charleston ranked 91 for quality of life.
The Princeton Review points to the science and pre-med programs as “being particularly solid” and students say the professors are “totally available and oftentimes brilliant.” Another student says you get “a private school atmosphere with a public school cost.”
In the College of Charleston’s two-page profile, The Princeton Review says, “Prime location and relatively low tuition make admissions at College of Charleston quite competitive. Expect more personalized treatment here than you would receive from Clemson or the University of South Carolina.”
The Princeton Review quotes extensively from College of Charleston students surveyed for the book. Among their candid comments on the College, students said professors are “totally available and oftentimes brilliant” and the “very high faculty to student ratio makes it easy to get help when you need it.”
The ranking lists in “The Best 371 Colleges” are based on The Princeton Review’s survey of 120,000 students (about 325 per campus on average) attending the 371 colleges in the book. A college’s appearance on these lists is attributable to a high consensus among its surveyed students about the subject. The 80-question survey asked students to rate their schools on several topics and report on their campus experiences at them. Ranking lists report the top 20 schools in categories that range from best professors, administration, and campus food to lists based on student body political leanings, race/class
relations, sports interests, and other aspects of campus life. The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in the book 1 to 371 in any category, nor do the rankings reflect The Princeton Review’s opinion of the schools.
