PROVIDENCE – Six local colleges and universities were named among the Princeton Review’s Best 385 Colleges: 2020 Edition released this week.
Four local schools on the list were Rhode Island schools, while the other two were in Bristol County, Mass.
Rhode Island schools on the list:
- Brown University
- Bryant University
- Providence College
- University of Rhode Island
Bristol County, Mass., schools on the list:
- Stonehill College
- Wheaton College
Schools also earned their own ranking accolades or negative rankings from the Princeton Review. Brown had far and away the most rankings of any local school on the list.
Rankings of local schools included in the Top 385 for 2020:
Brown University:
- Among the “Best 385 Colleges”
- Among the “Best Northeastern”
- Among the “Best Value Colleges”
- On the “Green Colleges” list
- Best value colleges without aid: No. 22
- Top 50 – Best value colleges: No. 20
- Best career placement: No. 23
- Best college newspaper: No. 18
- Best college theater: No. 4
- Best financial aid: No. 15
- Best quality of life: No. 13
- Happiest students: No. 13
- Impact schools: No. 5
- Least religious students: No. 8
- LGBTQ-friendly: No. 4
- Most active student government: No. 20
- Most liberal students: No. 17
- Most politically active students: No. 12
- Students study the most: No. 11
- “Their students love these colleges”: No. 4
- Top 50 “Green Colleges”: No. 47
- “Tree-hugging vegetarians”: No. 7
Bryant University:
- Among the “Best 385 Colleges”
- Among the “Best Northeastern”
- Everyone plays intramural sports: No. 9
- “Is it food?”: No. 17
- Most conservative students: No. 17
- Students study the least: No. 20
Providence College:
- Among the Best 385 Colleges
- Among the Best Northeastern
- Best athletic facilities: No. 18
- Best college radio station: No. 12
- Everyone plays intramural sports: No. 1
- “Is it food?”: No. 12
- LGBTQ-unfriendly: No. 10
- Little race/class interaction: No. 3
- Lots of beer: No. 16
- Students pack the stadiums: No. 12
- Town-gown relations are strained: No. 3
University of Rhode Island:
- Among the “Best 385 Colleges”
- Among the “Best Northeastern”
- Named among the “Green Colleges” list
- “Election? What election?”: No. 7
- Party schools: No. 10
- Reefer madness: No. 3
- Students study the least: No. 14
Stonehill College:
- Among the “Best 385 Colleges”
- Among the “Best Northeastern”
- Among the “Best Value Colleges”
- On the “Green Colleges” list
- Most engaged in community service: No. 17
Wheaton:
- Among the “Best 385 Colleges”
- Among the “Best Northeastern”
- Among the “Best Value Colleges”
- Best science lab facilities: No. 20
- Lots of race/class interaction: No. 19
Rankings of local schools not included in the Top 385 for 2020
Johnson & Wales University – Providence Campus:
- No listed rankings
New England Institute of Technology:
- Top 50 game design: Undergraduate: No. 29
Rhode Island College:
- No listed rankings
Rhode Island School of Design:
- No listed rankings
Roger Williams University:
- Ranked to the “Best Northeastern” schools list
Salve Regina University:
- Ranked to the “Best Northeastern” schools list
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth:
- Named to the “Green Colleges” list
