NEW YORK – For the 10th consecutive year, King University has been named one of the “Best in the Southeast” by The Princeton Review, an education services company widely known for its test prep programs and college and graduate school guides. The Princeton Review named 138 institutions to Southeast regional section of its website feature, “2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” that posted today on the company’s website at http://www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx.
“We count The Princeton Review’s accolade an esteemed tribute to the quality education King provides,” said LeAnn Hughes, vice president of marketing and enrollment management for King University. “The survey is mainly focused on the quality of a school’s academic programs, but also takes into account student satisfaction and the opinion of independent advisers. Our inclusion is an affirmation of King’s overall mission of academic excellence, as well as applause for the individual attention we provide each student.”
“We’re pleased to recommend these colleges to users of our site as the best schools to earn their undergrad degrees,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president/publisher. “We chose these as our ‘regional best’ colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs. From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional ‘best’ lists.”
For this project, The Princeton Review asks students attending the schools to rate their own schools on several issues — from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food — and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. Comments from surveyed students are quoted in the school profiles on The Princeton Review site. The profiles also have a “Survey Says” list that reveals topics about which students surveyed at the school were in highest agreement.
The 138 colleges The Princeton Review chose for its “Best in the Southeast” designations are located in twelve states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.