4 Philly Schools Among Nation's Best Colleges: Princeton Review

PHILADELPHIA — Four institutions of higher learning in Philadelphia were recently featured on the Princeton Review's annual list of the 385 best colleges in the country.

On the overall list of the best 385 colleges, the Princeton Review says the colleges aren't ranked in order from No.1 to No.385. Colleges are ranked on the more specific lists like "best campus food," "best college newspaper" and "party schools."

Drexel University, Saint Joseph's University, Temple University, and University of Pennsylvania were all featured on the list.

They among 29 Pennsylvania schools to be featured o the list, which looked at the best 385 colleges. See the full list of PA schools on the list here.

Three of the schools earned ranks in specific categories. Check them out below:

• Drexel University
  • No. 2 — Nobody Plays Intramural Sports
• Saint Joseph's University
  • No. 2 — Everyone Plays Intramural Sports
  • No. 18 — Future Rotarians and DAR
  • No. 20 — Is It Food?
• Temple University
  • No. 14 — Least Beautiful Campus
  • No. 19 — Town-Gown Relations are Strained

"We chose the 385 colleges for this edition as our 'best' overall, academically, based on data we gathered in 2018–19 from more than a thousand school administrators about their schools' academic programs and offerings," Robert Franek, Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and the lead author of the book, said in a press release.

Princeton Review says the colleges on the best 385 list are selected primarily based on the organization's "high opinion of their academics."

Princeton Review closely analyzes more than 2,000 schools and collects feedback from students, educators, parents and advisors. The 62 specific lists that rank the top 20 schools in each category are compiled using a student survey.

Read the full Princeton Review methodology and see the schools ranked in each of the 62 lists.