One week after one national college ranking panned Fairfield’s Sacred Heart University for its high tuition, a new one extols the quality of its students’ education experience.
The Princeton Review ranked SHU among its “Best 377 Colleges,” the school said Tuesday.
Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, and three outside the U.S., are profiled in The Princeton Review’s flagship college guide.
It includes detailed profiles of the colleges with rating scores for all schools in eight categories, plus ranking lists of the top 20 schools in the book in 62 categories based on The Princeton Review’s surveys of students attending the colleges.
Students surveyed stated that SHU uses its proximity to New York City to “provide students majoring in business, finance, media studies, etc., with tremendous opportunities” for internships.
Citing responses from students, the guide also indicates, “The surrounding towns provide amazing sites…for clinical experiences, so many members of SHU’s career-minded student body leave here with a solid experience under their belts to go along with the course knowledge.”
When addressing life on campus, the guide notes the University’s commitment to community service. “If you’re into community service and volunteering — and most students here are — you’ll be in your glory with the opportunities that are available for students.”
Last week, SHU ranked as the least affordable American college in Newsweek magazine’s annual survey.
