CUNY's Brooklyn College Featured Among Best Colleges in America: Princeton Review

Note: A previous version of this article misinterpreted the Princeton Review’s ranking system. CUNY’s Brooklyn College was not, in fact, ranked fourth in America for student satisfaction. We regret the error.

Brooklyn College, one of seven core campuses in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, has been featured in a list of the nation’s 380 best colleges by the Princeton Review.

The Princeton Review conducted a sweeping survey of nearly 140,000 students across 380 colleges featured in its annual and iconic book for prospective students, called — what else? — The Best 380 Colleges.

According to the Princeton Review:

The survey asks students 80 questions about their school’s academics, administration, student body, and themselves. The ranking methodology uses a five-point Likert scale to convert qualitative student assessments into quantitative data for school-to-school comparisons.

On a scale from 60 to 99, Brooklyn College scores a 75 for student satisfaction, says the publication.

The Princeton Review does not rank schools overall. The schools are listed in alphabetical order, with “featured” client schools closer to the top. Head over to the “380 best” website to review all the schools that made the list.

1. Bryant University (Smithfield, R.I.)

2. California State University, Stanislaus (Turlock, Calif.)

3. Chapman University (Orange, Calif.)

4. Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

5. DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.)

6. Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, Pa.)

7. Marist College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

8. Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio)

9. Stonehill College (Easton, Mass.)

10. The University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, Texas)

“Every college in our book has outstanding academics,” says Princeton Review VP Robert Frank in a statement. ”While our purpose is not to crown one college academically ‘best’ overall or to rank the schools 1 to 380 on any single topic, our lists provide direct student feedback on the schools’ campus culture, program offerings and cost.”

“Our goal,” he says, “is to help applicants choose and get into their dream college — the college best for them.”

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