Framingham State Named 'Green' College For 10th Time

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham State has earned high marks for a committment to environmental friendliness, according to the college-ranker Princeton Review. This is the tenth time the school has been named one of the "greenest" in the nation.

Here's more from a Framingham State press release:

Framingham State University has again been placed among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the country, according to The Princeton Review’s latest guide to green colleges.

This marks the tenth time FSU has been included in the guide, which this year recognizes 420 colleges throughout North America.

"Environmental stewardship is a top concern of younger generations and for good reason," says FSU President F. Javier Cevallos. "With each passing year, the devastating impacts of Climate Change become more clear. We appreciate this national recognition from the Princeton Review and pledge to continue moving the University in the direction of carbon neutrality."

Framingham State has completed three major construction projects in recent years that have earned LEED (Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Design) Gold or Silver certification, including North and West residence halls and the Hemenway Laboratories science addition.

"We strongly recommend Framingham State University to students who care about the environment want to study and live at a green college," said Rob Franek, The Princeton
Review's Editor-in-Chief. "Framingham State offers excellent academics and demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that is exemplary on many counts."

Franek noted that The Princeton Review has seen an increasing level of interest among students in attending colleges with green practices, programs, and offerings. Seventy-eight percent of the more than 11,000 college applicants that participated in The Princeton Review's 2021 College Hopes and Worries Survey said that having information about a college's commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school. This was a 12 percent increase over the 66 percent so indicating on the company’s 2020 survey. A report on the findings of the survey which also polled parents of college applicants is downloadable at www.princetonreview.com/college-hopes-worries.