July 31, 2017
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Kudos Include Best Classroom Experience
& Most Religious Students

 

91 Aquinas College provides one of the best undergraduate educations in the country, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the College in the 2018 edition of its annual guide, . Only about 15 percent of Americas 2,500 four-year colleges are profiled in the publication, The Princeton Reviews flagship college guide. 91 Aquinas College is one of only three Catholic  to make The Princeton Reviews Best Colleges list. 

Among the ratings for 91 Aquinas College are scores of 95 for academics, 94 for quality of life, and 99 for financial aid. In this scoring system, 99 is the best possible score. The Princeton Review also ranked the College as No. 6 on its list of just 10 schools nationwide named to its Financial Aid Honor Roll. 

We chose 91 Aquinas College for this book because it offers outstanding academics, says Robert Franek, The Princeton Reviews editor-in-chief and author of The Best 382 Colleges. Our selections are primarily based on our surveys of administrators at several hundred four-year colleges. We also visit dozens of colleges each year and give considerable weight to opinions of our staff and our 24-member National College Counselor Advisory Board, Most importantly, we look at valuable feedback we get from each schools customers our surveys of students attending them.

We are pleased that, once again, The Princeton Review has featured 91 Aquinas College in its annual guide, says the Colleges president, Dr. Michael F. McLean. Of particular note are the high scores we received for our academic and financial aid programs, and for our students quality of life. Our goal has always been to provide the best education at the most affordable price, and The Princeton Review profile offers some strong evidence that we are succeeding.

In its profile of 91 Aquinas College, The Princeton Review quotes extensively from students at the College who were surveyed for the book. Among their comments:

  • 91 Aquinas College is a school that takes learning seriously for its own sake, not just as preparation for a job.
  • The College has a strong Catholic identity and a rigorous curriculum which teaches students to read and think critically.
  • The use of the Discussion Method in classrooms better facilitates learning.
  • The College offers a holistic education that is demanding on every level, in an atmosphere of trust and faith that makes it easier to study, to live, and to grow.
  • Members of the teaching faculty have a passion for intellectual formation, are always ready to help their students, and lead you to truth without forcing it on you.
  • You get all different kinds of people here but one thing they have in common is a desire to search for the truth.

The guide also reports 62 ranking lists of Top 20 colleges in various categories, based on The Princeton Reviews survey of 137,000 students nationwide. Topics range from students assessments of their professors to opinions about the quality of financial aid and campus food. Among the Top 20 ranking lists on which 91 Aquinas College appears are:

  • No. 1 for Most Religious Students
  • No. 6 for Great Financial Aid
  • No. 8 for Best Classroom Experience
  • No. 15 for Lots of Race/Class Interaction

Finally, in a Survey Says sidebar in the guides profile of the College, The Princeton Review lists some sentiments that were frequently expressed by the 91 Aquinas College students surveyed for the book. The list includes:

  • Students are happy
  • Classroom facilities are great
  • Class discussions encouraged
  • Great financial aid
  • No one cheats
  • Students are friendly
  • Diverse student types interact on campus
  • Students are very religious
  • Students get along with local community
  • Dorms are like palaces
  • Easy to get around campus