Utah State named Best Value College

By Whitney Wilkinson

April 27, 2007 | LOGAN -- Utah State University is one of the nation’s best value undergraduate institutions, according to The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review features Utah State in the 2008 edition of its book, "America’s Best Value Colleges." The guide profiles 165 colleges chosen for their excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and relatively low cost to attend.

“Utah State offers a high-quality academic experience for our undergraduates with hands-on research opportunities,” said Utah State Executive Vice President and Provost Raymond T. Coward. “We are committed to providing an outstanding academic experience while maintaining value and access to higher education.”

The Princeton Review selected the schools based on data it obtained from administrators at more than 650 colleges during the 2005-06 academic year and its surveys of students attending the schools.

“We considered more than 30 factors to identify our ‘best value’ colleges,” said Robert Franek, vice president of publishing for The Princeton Review. “The 90 public and 75 private colleges we chose for this edition offer a terrific education, plus they have impressive records of meeting students’ needs for financial aid. We highly recommend them as America's best college education deals for 2007.”

The criteria for the award included four areas: academics, tuition grade point average (the sticker price minus average amount students receive in scholarships and grants), financial aid (how well colleges meet students’ financial need) and student borrowing. The Princeton Review will post a list of its 165 best value schools on its Web site, www.PrincetonReview.com.

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