Swarthmore College Among Nation's Best 385: Princeton Review

SWARTHMORE, PA — Swarthmore College can count itself among the nation's best schools again, as it was featured on the Princeton Review's annual list of the 385 best colleges in the country.

On the overall list of the best 385 colleges, the Princeton Review says the colleges aren't ranked in order from No.1 to No.385. Colleges are ranked on the more specific lists like "best campus food," "best college newspaper" and "party schools."

While Swarthmore College did not earn any specific distinction by the outlet, being featured on the list is still an honor for the Main Line institution.

Swarthmore College was one of 29 Pennsylvania schools to be featured o the list, which looked at the best 385 colleges. See the full list of PA schools on the list here.

"We chose the 385 colleges for this edition as our 'best' overall, academically, based on data we gathered in 2018–19 from more than a thousand school administrators about their schools' academic programs and offerings," Robert Franek, Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and the lead author of the book, said in a press release.

Princeton Review says the colleges on the best 385 list are selected primarily based on the organization's "high opinion of their academics."

Princeton Review closely analyzes more than 2,000 schools and collects feedback from students, educators, parents and advisors. The 62 specific lists that rank the top 20 schools in each category are compiled using a student survey.

Read the full Princeton Review methodology and see the schools ranked in each of the 62 lists.