Seven Georgia colleges and universities landed a spot on the 2020 ‘Best 385’ List by The Princeton Review.
The best colleges are ranked on a variety of factors, including academics, administration, demographics, politics, location, and quality of life. All of the factors are ranked by surveys taken by current students at the individual institutions. More than 140,000 students across 385 schools were surveyed.
The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book overall, 1 to 385, hierarchically or in a single list category. The Princeton Review reports the top 20 schools (of the 385 in the book) for each of its 62 different ranking list categories—but does not report ranks beyond the top 20 in any category (i.e., schools ranked 21 to 385). You can read more on the methodology here.
Of the 62 different lists ranked by the Princeton Review, 7 Georgia schools appeared in the rankings.
The Georgia colleges on the overall best 385 schools list are:
- University of Georgia, Athens
- No individual category rankings
- Spelman College, Atlanta
- No individual category rankings
- Emory University, Atlanta
- Ranked 4th in Best College Dorms
- Ranked 5th in Best Quality of Life
- Ranked 9th in College City Gets High Marks
- Ranked 11th in Their Students Love These Colleges
- Ranked 12th in Happiest Students
- Ranked 14th in Lots of Race/Class Interaction
- Ranked 15th in Town-Gown Relations are Great
- Ranked 16th in Best College Library
- Ranked 16th in Best Run Colleges
- Ranked 16th in Professors Get High Marks
- Ranked 17th in Best College Newspaper
- Ranked 19th in Best Science Lab Facilities
- Ranked 20th in Lots of Greek Life
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
- Ranked 7th in Best Health Services
- Ranked 14th in Best Athletic Facilities
- Ranked 18th in Best College Radio Station
- Agnes Scott College, Decatur
- Ranked 5th in LGBTQ-Friendly
- Ranked 5th in Town-Gown Relations are Great
- Ranked 6th in Nobody Plays Intramural Sports
- Ranked 14th in Stone-Cold Sober Schools
- Ranked 19th in Don’t Inhale
- Mercer University, Macon
- Ranked 12th in Everyone Plays Intramural Sports
- Ranked 20th in College City Gets Low Marks
• Berry College, Mount Berry
- Ranked 6th in Most Beautiful Campus
- Ranked 8th in Future Rotarians and DAR
- Ranked 12th in Most Religious Students
- Ranked 14th in Most Engaged in Community Service
- Ranked 17th in Stone-Cold Sober Schools
- Ranked 18th in Town-Gown Relations are Great
