OSU named ""A Best in the West"" college by The Princeton Review

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Oklahoma State University is one of the best colleges in the West, based on several factors including academics and students’ responses, according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review. The website, PrincetonReview.com features numerous statistics and comments from students, who describe some of the reasons OSU was picked among the 120 “Best in the West” for 2011. 

“We are delighted OSU is once again recognized as one of the leading schools in the country for our academic offerings and our student experience,” said OSU President Burns Hargis.  “Oklahoma State offers a great education and great value.”

Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president of publishing, said, “We're pleased to recommend OSU to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn an undergrad degree, mainly for excellent academic programs.  From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on various data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, student surveys, and the opinions of our staff plus college counselors and advisers whose recommendations we invite.” 

The Review asked students to rate their own schools on several issues -- from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food -- and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life.  Student comments that describe OSU at the website include “academics that rival any school in the nation” and a “fun, friendly environment” that “keeps the college experience fun and relaxed.”

The schools in The Princeton Review’s “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website section were also rated from 60 to 99 in several categories and OSU scored 99 in the “Quality of Life” category.

The 120 colleges that The Princeton Review chose for its "Best in the West" list are among 623 colleges in four regions named “regional best(s)” or about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.

The Princeton Review, headquartered in Framingham, Mass. with editorial offices in New York City and test preparation locations across the country and abroad, is not affiliated with Princeton University and it is not a magazine.