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March 3, 2011

Pitt among “best value” publics

Pitt is Pennsylvania’s only public higher education institution in a Princeton Review list, published last week, of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” public colleges and universities.

2011_Best-Value_HEADERThe Princeton Review teamed with USA Today to present the list in a web posting titled “The Princeton Review Best Value Colleges for 2011.” The Princeton Review list also rates the top 50 “Best Value” private colleges and universities.

Editors at The Princeton Review commended the University for producing Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Udall, Goldwater, Churchill and Gates Cambridge scholars; for the PITT ARTS program that “links students to cultural amenities in the city”; for holding “the distinction of being home to one of just 10 European Union Centers of Excellence in the United States funded by the European Commission”; for “earning … a top ranking in the Top American Research Universities annual report for four consecutive years,” and for its Outside the Classroom Curriculum program “designed to help students systematically gain experiences in a wide range of areas that can contribute later to successful job searches.”

The profile added, “Students interested in the biological sciences in particular will have amazing opportunities to conduct hands-on research at Pitt, as the University is ranked fifth for receipt of National Institutes of Health grants for research.”

According to The Princeton Review, the selection of the schools in its “Best Value Colleges for 2011” was based on academics, cost of attendance and financial aid. “The methodology examined more than 30 factors using data from the company’s surveys of administrators and students at 650 colleges with strong academic programs,” The Princeton Review stated in a news release, adding, “Most of the data analyzed came from surveys conducted from fall 2009 through fall 2010; all cost and financial aid data came from fall 2010 surveys.”

The list of 100 “Best Value” institutions is posted on the web sites of both The Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com/best-value-colleges.aspx) and USA Today (bestvaluecolleges.usatoday.com).


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