Radford University is one of the 143 best colleges in the Southeast, according to The Princeton Review.
The education services company lists Radford in the Best in the Southeast section of its “2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature at https://www.princetonreview.com/bestSEcolleges.
The website feature salutes 655 colleges that The Princeton Review recommends over five regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West, and International. The colleges that made the “Best in the Southeast” list are located in twelve Southeastern states. The schools in each region are listed in alphabetical order by school name and are not ranked.
In its website profile on Radford University, The Princeton Review describes the college as “a ‘very student-oriented’ public school in Southwest Virginia that offers a pretty vast array of majors,” and commends it for “the professors being easy to get in touch with and easy to talk to and ask questions.”
“We chose Radford and the other outstanding institutions on this list primarily for their academics,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s Editor-in-Chief. He noted that the company considered data from its survey of administrators at several hundred colleges in each region, information from staff visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of college counselors and advisors whose perspectives the company solicits.
“We also consider what students enrolled at the schools reported to us on our student survey about their campus experiences,” Franek added.
“Our faculty provide endless opportunities for students to interact, learn, research and excel,” said Carolyn Ringer Lepre, Radford University’s interim president. “Students can flourish in an environment that challenges them intellectually and prepares them to become good citizens wherever they land on the globe. What students invest in learning at Radford University can lead to a life of leadership and stewardship as demonstrated by our faculty and alumni.”
Radford University was also listed among 416 colleges in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges throughout the United States. The rating provides a comprehensive measure of a school’s performance as an environmentally aware and prepared institution.
Specifically, it includes whether students have a campus quality of life that is both healthy and sustainable; how well a school is preparing students for employment in the clean-energy economy of the 21st century as well as for citizenship in a world now defined by environmental concerns and opportunities; and how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are.
The 143 colleges that The Princeton Review chose for its “Best in the Southeast” 2022 list are located in twelve states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Princeton Review also designated 223 colleges in the Northeast, 126 in the West, 158 in the Midwest and 4 in the International region as “best” in their locales. Collectively, the colleges on The Princeton Review’s “regional best” lists for 2022 constitute about 24% of the nation’s 2,700 four-year colleges.
The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com) is an education services company known for its tutoring, test-prep, books, and other student resources. Headquartered in New York, NY, it is not affiliated with Princeton University.