Drew University Named To Princeton Review's 'Best' Colleges List

MADISON — Drew University was named to The Princeton Review's annual list of the 385 colleges in the United States.

Drew was one of nine New Jersey schools named to the list.

Besides the list of best of schools, which is not a ranked list, colleges were ranked on the more specific lists like "best campus food," "best college newspaper," and "party schools."

Drew University also appeared on the 'Best College Theater' and 'Lots of Race/Class Interaction' categories.

Princeton Review says the colleges on the best 385 list are selected primarily based on the organization's "high opinion of their academics." Princeton Review closely analyzes more than 2,000 schools and collects feedback from students, educators, parents and advisors. The 62 specific lists that rank the top 20 schools in each category are compiled using a student survey.

Among the other New Jersey schools to make the list were: Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, Rider University in Lawrenceville, and Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

"We chose the 385 colleges for this edition as our 'best' overall, academically, based on data we gathered in 2018–19 from more than 1,000 school administrators about their schools' academic programs and offerings," Robert Franek, Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and the lead author of the book, said in a press release.

Read the full Princeton Review methodology and see the schools ranked in each of the 62 lists.

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