Miami University one of nation's best, says Princeton Review

Miami University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, per The Princeton Review. Miami appears in the 2018 edition of its college guide, The Best 382 Colleges.

For this 26th edition, 137,000 students from across the country were surveyed. Among Miami students surveyed, some said, "'Devotion to excellent undergraduate instruction' is backed by ‘an extremely strong orientation program, a dedicated student affairs department, and an overwhelming amount of student involvement in co-curricular activities.'"

Students feel the “challenging academic workload” prepares them well for life after college, and they love the “gorgeous” and “astoundingly beautiful” Oxford campus.

Only about 13 percent of more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities are selected for the book.

The schools in the guide are not ranked but are rated in eight categories: Academics, Admissions Selectivity, Financial Aid, Quality of Life, Professors Interesting, Professors Accessible, Fire Safety, and Green.

The guide gives Miami high ratings for interesting and accessible professors and quality of life, among other areas.

The Princeton Review, an educational resources company, tallies ratings based on institutional data it collected during the 2016-2017 academic year and from its nationwide survey. Lists and profiles are available online.

Miami also is among universities featured on the following Princeton Review lists:

• Colleges That Pay You Back.
• Best Midwestern.
• Green Colleges.

• Miami’s entrepreneurship program, ranked 16th among the 2017 Top 25 (8th among public universities).
• Miami’s digital game studies program, ranked at No. 25 in Princeton Review’s Top 50 list (7th among public universities).