The University of Mary Washington has been named to the Princeton Review’s 100 “Best Value Colleges for 2009.” The best value colleges, reported Thursday, January 8 on the Princeton Review’s Web site, features 50 public and 50 private colleges and universities.
Mary Washington is listed among the nation’s 50 “Best Value Public Colleges.” The Princeton Review bases its rankings on surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities. The selection criteria covered more than 30 factors in the areas of academics, costs of attendance and financial aid, using the most recently reported data from each institution for its 2007-08 academic year. The Princeton Review is a New York City-based education services company that annually publishes guidebooks ranking colleges, business and law schools.
Other Virginia schools on the best value list are the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, James Madison University, George Mason University, Virginia Tech and the University of Richmond.
In recent years, the University of Mary Washington has seen its academic reputation gain national recognition through consistently high rankings in several selective college guidebooks including Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, U.S. News & World Report, The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges and Universities.