SMU receives ‘Best in Midwest’ honors from Princeton Review

WINONA, Minn. — Saint Mary’s University is one of 161 schools receiving the “Best in the Midwest” designation for 2008 from the Princeton Review, a national college guide and ranking program. Results were announced in August.

Each year, the Princeton Review profiles colleges and universities that "uphold the standards of the Best Midwestern College distinction and provide students with a wide breadth of excellent schools to consider." The survey of 120,000 students at 366 colleges rated the schools on “everything from profs to financial aid,” according to the Princeton Review, a New York City-based company known for test-preparation courses, education services and books. It is not affiliated with Princeton University.

Other Minnesota schools included named to Princeton Review's 2008 "Best in the Midwest" list are: Augsburg, Carleton, Crown College, St. Thomas, Gustavus Adolphus, Macalester, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, North Central University, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, University of Minnesota (Morris, Twin Cities and Crookston campuses) and Winona State University.

For more information, go to www.princetonreview.com. The website gives a profile of Saint Mary's, along with student opinions and useful college selection features.