Campbell ranked among best colleges in the Southeast by Princeton Review

Buies Creek—Campbell University has again been selected as one of the 139 Best colleges in the Southeast by the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual college guide. The ranking is based on surveys by 120,000 students at 368 top colleges on dozens of topics from tastiest campus food to best academics.Other ranking categories report on campus political leanings, race/class relations, social scenes and sports interest. The book includes numerical scores from 60 to 99 on each college profile in eight categories tallied by The Princeton Review. Among them is a new Green Rating based on the school’s environmentally-related practices and policies.“In our opinion, each school in this book is first-rate academically,” said Robert Franek, the author of The Princeton Review. “But their campus cultures and offerings differ greatly. Instead of ranking schools academically, 1-to-368, we tally ranking lists in categories based on what students at the schools report to us about them. We believe college applicants need to know far more about the schools than an academic ranking to identify which colleges may be best for them. It’s all about the fit.”The colleges surveyed had to meet two criteria—the Princeton Review’s standards for academic excellence within their region and students had to be able to be surveyed anonymously.“It’s always an honor for Campbell University to be recognized among the top-rated schools in the Southeast,” said Herb Kerner, dean of Admissions at Campbell. “This is the sixth year that we have had that distinction, and we feel honored to be able to maintain that distinction.”

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