Hollins University has been named one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education in the 2014 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges.
Only about 15% of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges are profiled in the book, which is the educational service company’s flagship college guide.
“Hollins offers outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our choice of schools for the book,” said Robert Franek, senior vice president at The Princeton Review and publisher and author of The Best 378 Colleges. “We base our selections primarily on data we obtain in our annual institutional data surveys. We also take into account input we get from our staff, our 35-member National College Counselor Advisory Board, our personal visits to schools, and the wide range of feedback we get from our surveys of students attending these schools. It is their opinions that college applicants often value the most, particularly on (or in absence of) campus visits. We also work to keep a wide representation of colleges in the book by region, size, selectivity and character.”
Hollins students note in the university’s profile that the school “feels like a community or family, not an institution,” and that “a Hollins education is inspiring and nothing short of life-changing.” According to The Best 378 Colleges, “The women of Hollins describe themselves as ‘empowered, enthusiastic,’ ‘worldly, aware,’ ‘strong, and confident.’”
The Princeton Review also features in the book 62 ranking lists of top 20 colleges and universities in various categories. Hollins is ranked 18th in the category, “Best College Theater.”
