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Roanoke again named one of the nation’s top colleges in The Princeton Review's The Best 380 Colleges

August 04, 2015

The Princeton Review has named Roanoke College one of the best colleges in the United States for the fifth year in a row. In addition, Roanoke was named a great school for students who major in business/finance, computer science and psychology.

According to the Princeton Review survey, students say Roanoke has great career services, a great library and happy students.

"Princeton Review is a student voice among the rating systems," Roanoke College President Michael Maxey said. "We are excited that the voices of students at Roanoke praise our balance of 'comfort and challenge.'  We help students find what they love to do through equal measures of support and challenge." 

Roanoke is one of 380 colleges and universities listed in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review's annual Best Colleges guidebook, its flagship college guide. "The Best 380 Colleges" includes detailed profiles of schools along with enrollment and admission statistics. Only about 9 percent of America's 4,146 colleges and universities are profiled in the book.

Princeton Review is a student voice among the rating systems. We are excited that the voices of students at Roanoke praise our balance of ‘comfort and challenge.’

Roanoke College President Michael Maxey

Roanoke's profile in the book includes the following quotes from Roanoke students who took the Princeton Review survey.

  • "Life at Roanoke is filled with ‘the perfect balance of comfort and challenge.'"
  • "The Roanoke campus ‘thrives on students that want to get involved' and therefore provides plenty of chances to do so."
  • "The mountains near the ‘gorgeous campus' also provide plenty of relaxation options (the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail are close), and ‘kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, and geocaching are all easy things to do nearby.' However, students know that working hard ‘is a good thing' at Roanoke and ‘the library is always full of students on Sundays.'"

"Every college in our book has outstanding academics," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president-publisher. "Our goal is to help applicants choose and get into their dream college-the college best for them."