Brown, Bryant, PC, URI make Princeton Review Best 381 Colleges

THE Princeton Review released its Best 381 Colleges list this week, and several Rhode Island colleges made the list.
THE Princeton Review released its Best 381 Colleges list this week, and several Rhode Island colleges made the list.

PROVIDENCE – The Princeton Review released its Best 381 Colleges list this week, revealing the top party schools in the nation, the ones with the best quality of life, where students study the most – and least, and where tree-hugging vegetarians and reefer madness can be found.
Approximately 143,000 students, an average of 375 per school, rated everything from their financial aid to on-campus food, resulting in 62 lists based on their survey responses. Eighty questions were asked.
“We ask students to tell us about themselves, their school’s academics/administration, campus life and their fellow students’ attitudes and opinions,” the Princeton Review said.
Rhode Island colleges that appeared on multiple lists were Bryant University in Smithfield, Providence College, the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown and Brown University in Providence. Southeastern Massachusetts schools also made the Best 381 Colleges list – Stonehill College in Easton and Wheaton College in Norton.
Bryant landed on multiple lists, including colleges with questionable food, coming in sixth. It placed 18th on three lists – best career services, everyone plays intramural sports and most conservative students.
Brown also appeared on various lists, ranking 18th on where students study the most, 20th for most liberal students, 20th for best quality of life, third for best college newspaper and 15th for tree-hugging vegetarians.
PC again made the lots of hard liquor list, placing 13th, and was sixth for everyone plays intramural sports.
URI made the top party school list, ranking 13th (the top spot went to University of Wisconsin-Madison). It placed 16th for schools where students study the least and ninth for reefer madness.

Wheaton College in Norton ranked 14th for having the least happy students, fourth for college city gets low marks, but was 16th for best science lab facilities.

Stonehill was profiled in the rankings, but did not make any of the top 20 lists.
Top schools in other categories include: Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., best financial aid; University of Massachusetts-Amherst, best campus food; Washington University in St. Louis, best dorms; and Penn State University, best athletic facilities.

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