KU News Release

LAWRENCE — Engaged faculty, strong academics, affordable tuition and an active social scene combine to make the University of Kansas one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to the Princeton Review.

The education services company features the school in the 2011 edition of its annual college guide, “The Best 373 Colleges.” Princeton Review also ranks KU among its “Best Value” institutions.

“The school ‘provides numerous, wonderful opportunities to every student’ through ‘the integration of tradition and new media … to form a new level of excellence,’ ” according to the guide, which includes information on academics, tuition, enrollment, financial aid and student life to assist students and their parents in selecting a college.

In the profile of KU, publishers quoted students who were surveyed regarding their opinions of the university. The students praised the University Honors Program, diverse student body and affordability as well as a lively social life and devoted fan base for athletics. The David A. Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center is described as first-rate.

“Life at KU is extraordinary,” one student told publishers. “From going downtown to Mass Street to attending basketball and football games, there is always something to do in Lawrence.”

Earlier this year, the Princeton Review included KU on its list of “Best Value” schools. One-hundred institutions are chosen — 50 public and 50 private — based on surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities. The guide praised the university’s programs in communications, education, engineering, journalism, music, nursing, premedical sciences and social sciences — using the most recently reported data from each institution for its 2008-09 academic year.