A survey by the Princeton Review has ranked Oklahoma State University as one of the 124 “Best in the West” colleges, based on several factors including academics and student responses.
“We are delighted this survey confirms our academic offerings and student experience make OSU a leader in the region and a competitive value nationally,” said OSU President Burns Hargis. “Oklahoma State offers a great education and great value.”
“We’re pleased to recommend OSU to users of our website as one of the best schools to earn an undergrad degree, mainly for excellent academic programs,” said Robert Franek, senior vice president and publisher of the Princeton Review, an education services company. “We chose our ‘regional best’ colleges from several hundred schools in each region.”
The list of 124 “Best in the West” colleges was based on institutional data collected directly from the schools, visits to schools over the years, opinions of Princeton Review staff, recommendations from college counselors and advisors and an independent survey of students, explained Franek. Nationally, the 643 colleges that were named tops in their regions constitute about 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 colleges. For the website’s “Best in the West” section feature, go to athttp://www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx.
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 Princeton Review, headquartered in Framingham, Mass. with editorial offices in New York City and test preparation locations across the country and abroad, is not affiliated with Princeton University and it is not a magazine.
