The Princeton Review has included Berry College in its annual ranking publication, “The Best 390 Colleges” for 2025.
As part of its publication, The Princeton Review selects the top 390 colleges from America’s 2,600 four-year collegiate institutions. Researchers also collect surveys from current college students to create ranking lists reported in 50 categories. These findings are shared in the 2025 edition of The Princeton Review’s college guide, a popular resource for high school students selecting their college.
Berry was ranked as one of the top 109 colleges in the South, as well as one of The Princeton Review’s “Green Colleges,” which celebrates academic institutions’ sustainability efforts.
“My favorite extracurricular activity at Berry College is walking the trails or taking drives around our mountain campus, especially during student-organized midnight/full-moon hikes,” one student commented.
The survey also celebrated Berry’s faculty. The Princeton Review notes that students speak glowingly of their professors and of the dedication they display. They believe that Berry’s traditionally small classes and faculty-student ratio (roughly 12-to-1) enhances their learning and the overall quality of the college experience.
Rob Franek, editor-in-chief of The Princeton Review, said “The colleges we profile in our book are truly a select group: They constitute about 15% of America's four-year institutions. We chose them primarily based on our high opinion of their academic offerings."
Unlike many college rankings that focus exclusively on academics and derive themselves from institutional data alone, The Princeton Review’s rankings cover multiple categories drawn from student reports of their lived experiences at their schools. For the 50 ranking lists reported today, The Princeton Review surveyed 168,000 students, on average 430 per school, during the past three academic years. The 89-question survey asked students to rate their professors, administrators, financial aid, campus amenities, school services and other aspects of life at their colleges on a five-point scale. Information on the survey and the methodology for the ranking lists is available on The Princeton Review’s website.
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Office of Public Relations Student Manager Elizabeth Chandler
