Princeton Review's 'Best 388 Colleges 2023' List Includes These 9 CT Schools

CONNECTICUT — Nine colleges in Connecticut are among the nation’s 388 best, according to The Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.”

The 388 colleges on the list aren't ranked; however, the top 25 colleges were ranked in 50 categories designed to help guide those making college choices to institutions that best fit their academic and personal needs.

For the first time, the categories include "green matters," which names the colleges students give high marks for their commitment to the environment and conservation on their campuses.

The Connecticut colleges that made the 31st annual list are:

• Connecticut College, New London
• Fairfield University, Fairfield (No. 23 "Best-Run" college, and No. 17 "Lots of Hard Liquor")
• Quinnipiac University, Hamden (No. 25 on list of "Financial Aid Not So Great" and No. 15 on list of "Little Race/Class Interaction")
• Sacred Heart University, Fairfield (No. 25 on list of "Most Religious Students," No. 21 on list of "Most Engaged in Community Service" and No. 7 on list of "Least Politically Active Students")
• United States Coast Guard Academy, New London
• University of Connecticut, Storrs (No. 22 on "Professors Not So Accessible" list, No. 17 on the list "Professors Get Low Marks" and No. 19 on the "Lots of Hard Liquor" list)
• University of New Haven, West Haven (No. 18 on list of "Little Race/Class Interaction")
• Wesleyan University, Middletown (No. 25 on "Green Matters" list, No. 10 on list of "Least Religious Students," No. 25 on the "LGBTQ+Friendly" list, No. 18 "Best College Newspaper," No. 17 "Best College Theater," No. 9 "Most Liberal Students," No. 17 "Most Politically Active Students," No. 23 "Best Campus Food," No. 25 "Lots of Hard Liquor" and No. 6 on the "Reefer Madness" list)
• Yale University, New Haven

The list is based on 160,000 student surveys that asked students to rate their professors, administrators, school services, and other aspects of life at their colleges and to report on their campus and community experiences. Read more about the methodology.

This year, The Princeton Review expanded the number of colleges ranked for excellence in the categories to 25 from 20, and also dropped the “schools by type” ranking titled Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians, and its inverse list, Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution.

The Princeton Review also dropped its Party Schools and Stone-Cold Sober Schools this year.