Newswise — Babson College is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review, which features the college in the new 2010 edition of its guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges.
In its profile on Babson, The Princeton Review praises the school for its campus safety, diversity, and its quickly ascending national profile and extensively quotes Babson students that the Review surveyed for the book. Among their comments about their student experiences, one student stated: "From executives of Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs who own multi-million dollar companies, the knowledge of professors at Babson is only rivaled by their desire to see students do well."
In a "Survey Says. . ." sidebar in the book's profile, The Princeton Review lists topics that Babson students surveyed for the book were in most agreement about in their answers to survey questions. The list includes: "the college is well run", "low cost of living", and "diverse student types on campus".
The school profiles in The Best 371 Colleges also have ratings that are based largely on institutional data The Princeton Review collected during the 2008-09 academic year. The ratings are scores on a scale of 60 to 99 that are tallied in eight categories. Among the ratings in the profile on Babson are scores of 93 for Admission Rating, 90 for Financial Aid, and 88 for Academics.
The Princeton Review posts the school profiles and ranking lists in The Best 371 Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review, July 2009) on its site at http://www.PrincetonReview.com at which users can read FAQs about the book, the survey, and the criteria for each of the ratings and rankings.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.
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