14 Best Value Private Colleges: Princeton Review, 2023

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The Princeton Review recently released its annual list of the best private and public colleges that have earned the company’s highest return-on-investment rating. This year’s list comprises 209 private and public schools selected from the company’s survey of some 650 institutions during the 2021–22 academic year.

To tally the ROI ratings, researchers analyzed school-reported data on academics, cost/financial aid, career services, student debt and graduation rates.

They also factored in data from PayScale.com surveys of alumni of the schools about their starting and mid-career salaries, and their job satisfaction. Overall, researchers used more than 40 data points to tally the schools’ ROI rating scores.

The Princeton Review, a tutoring, test prep and college admissions services company, is not affiliated with Princeton University.

See the gallery for the 14 best value private colleges, according to the company.

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