Millsaps College is one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the new 2008 edition of its book, America's Best Value Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review, $18.95), on sale April 24, 2007. The guide profiles 165 colleges chosen for their excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and/or relatively low costs of attendance.
In the book's narrative profile on Millsaps, The Princeton Review's editors commend the College for its "generous aid packages that include federal and state loans and grants, institutional merit-based and specialized scholarships, United Methodist scholarships, and various state-supported scholarships for students from other states." The book also notes Millsaps' "reputation for its highly active, socially conscious undergrads, many of whom work with volunteer organizations in Jackson and around the world," and states that "Millsaps’ strong sense of community pervades the classrooms ... where incredibly attentive and intelligent professors provide an atmosphere rife with discussion."
The Princeton Review selected the schools for the book based on data it obtained from administrators at more than 650 colleges during the 2005-06 academic year, and its surveys of students attending the schools. Says Robert Franek, V.P-Publishing, The Princeton Review, "We considered over 30 factors to identify our 'best value' colleges. They covered four areas: Academics, Tuition GPA (the sticker price minus average amount students receive in scholarships and grants), Financial Aid (how well colleges meet students' financial need), and Student Borrowing. The 90 public and 75 private colleges we chose for this edition offer a terrific education, plus they have impressive records of meeting students' needs for financial aid. We highly recommend them as America's best college education deals for 2007." The Princeton Review will post a list of its 165 best value schools on its site www.princetonreview.com on April 24.
America's Best Value Colleges has three-page profiles on the colleges and lists of the top 10 best value private colleges and the top 10 best value public colleges overall in the book. The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book 1 to 165. The book also has advice about applying for college admission and financial aid. It is one of nearly 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House in a line that includes the annual Best 361 Colleges and Paying for College without Going Broke. The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, books, and college and grad school admissions services. It is not a magazine and it is not affiliated with Princeton University or ETS.
