“It is an honor to be named as one of the best colleges in
the southeast by The Princeton Review,” said FAMU Interim President Larry
Robinson. “At Florida A&M University, we continue to strive for excellence
while providing a world-class education for our students. We take pride in this
recognition, and will continue to provide quality education and life skills to
our student body.”
The 138 colleges The Princeton Review chose for its
"Best in the Southeast" designations are located in 12 states:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The Princeton
Review also designated 226 colleges in the Northeast, 124 in the West, and 155 in
the Midwest as best in their locales on the company’s "2014 Best Colleges:
Region by Region" lists. Collectively, the 643 colleges named
"regional best(s)" constitute about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500
four-year colleges.
From several hundred schools in each region, The Princeton
Review narrowed its list based on institutional data collected directly from
FAMU, visits to schools over the years and the opinions of its staff, plus
college counselors and advisers. The profiles also have a "Survey
Says" list that reveals topics about which students surveyed at the school
were in highest agreement.
“We also take into account what students at the schools
reported to us,” Franek said. “Only schools that permit us to independently
survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional 'best'
lists."
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