-News Release-
Berry College is one of the nation’s academically best undergraduate institutions, according to The Princeton Review® book published Tuesday.
The Princeton Review’s profile on Berry praises the school for its value and quotes Berry students who describe the college as “ideal for students with ambitious goals,” and “faculty want you to succeed… and make an effort to help students every way they can.”
“We are delighted to name Berry College one of our Best Colleges for 2027, and we recommend it to students searching for their ‘best-fit’ college,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s Editor-in-Chief and lead author of The Best 392 Colleges. “Berry has outstanding academic programs. He also took into account the candid feedback we received about it from its very own customers—its enrolled students,” he added.
Some of the areas where Berry excels are:
- Best Value
- Best South
- Most Beautiful Campus
- Most Engaged in Community Service
- Great Outdoors: Students Get Outside
- Town-Gown Relations are Great
- Friendliest Students
Berry College Vice President of Enrollment Andrew Bressette said, “Being listed as one of the nation’s best colleges is exciting, but being recognized for delivering real value such as 5 consecutive years where 99% of our graduates have positive career outcomes, means our commitment to affordability coupled with our mentoring, LifeWorks program and rigorous academics are delivering.”
The Princeton Review chose the 392 colleges for the book based on its surveys in 2025-2026 of 2,000 college administrators about their school’s academic offerings. The company also surveyed students attending the colleges who rated their schools on dozens of topics and reported on their campus experiences at them. (Only about 14% of America’s nearly 2,800 four-year colleges are in the book.)
The Princeton Review also tallies ratings (scores from 60 to 99) of the schools in The Best 392 Colleges in eight categories. The ratings are primarily based on institutional survey data.
Some of the ratings Berry received:
- Professors Interesting, 92
- Quality of Life, 88
- Return on Investment, 88
- Financial Aid, 91
Surveys of 172,000 students (about 439 per school on average) were tallied for the rankings in The Best 392 Colleges. Information on the methodology for the rankings and the student survey is published in the book and on The Princeton Review’s website here.
