Princeton University Named Among 'Best' For Financial Aid

PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton University was named among the 385 best colleges in the country and also for having "great financial aid," according to Princeton Review's 2020 annual list. A total of nine schools in New Jersey were named to the overall "best" list.

Princeton University ranked as the fourth highest to offer great financial aid among 20 listed. It was also the only New Jersey school to make the list.

Princeton ranked just below colleges in Bowdoin College in Maine, Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, and Washington University in St. Louis in Missouri.

"We chose the 385 colleges for this edition as our 'best' overall, academically, based on data we gathered in 2018–19 from more than a thousand 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.

On the overall list of the best 385 colleges, the Princeton Review says the colleges aren't ranked in order from No.1 to No.385. Colleges are ranked on the more specific lists like "best campus food," "best college newspaper" and "party schools."

In all, there are 62 of these lists and each list includes a ranking of the top 20 colleges in that category.

To see the full list of New Jersey Colleges click here.

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