TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is again ranked in the top 10 in three categories in the latest rankings by The Princeton Review.
This is the fifth consecutive year Manderson has been ranked in the top 10 by The Princeton Review and has been ranked since the rankings were started.
The Princeton Review is known for its college rankings based on how actual students rate their schools. “Best 170 Law Schools” and “Best 290 Business Schools” (Random House/Princeton Review) each have 11 ranking lists of top 10 schools in various categories from “Best Professors” to “Best Career Prospects.”
Manderson was ranked No. 8 in the “Best Administered” category, No. 8 in “Best Campus Facilities,” and No. 9 in “Best Classroom Experience.”
“The Princeton Review rankings are gratifying because they reflect the experience and feelings of our customers – the students,” said Susan West, assistant dean, Manderson Graduate School of Business. “They also reflect the excellence of our faculty and the genuine concern our professors have for the students.”
The rankings were the subject of another article posted at spotlight.encarta.msn.com which featured the “Top 10 Business Schools with the Best Classroom Experience.” The article said, “Students speak highly of the finance and enterprise consulting programs; several (who
apparently don’t require sleep) praised the joint J.D./M.B.A. program. Professors here are fantastic.
“Most write leading textbooks in their subject areas. Better still, they are highly accessible and willing to work as hard as students, and they passionately desire to help students grow as leaders,” the Encarta.MSN article said. Students also said the program itself is “very rigorous, with high levels of interaction with students and a strong team atmosphere.” Some students said the workload “sometimes seems impossible.”
The Princeton Review compiled the lists based on its surveys of 18,000 students attending the 170 law schools and 19,000 students attending the 290 business schools in the books, and on school-reported data.
Said Robert Franek, VP / Publisher, Princeton Review, “We compile our ranking lists in multiple categories based on what students report to us about their schools to help applicants decide which of these academically outstanding schools is best for them.” The schools in The Princeton Review guidebooks are not ranked academically nor are they ranked hierarchically in any single category.
The ranking lists are based on surveys of law and business school students conducted during the 2006-07, 2005-06 and 2004-05 academic years. Most were completed online at The Princeton Review’s student survey site. The 80-question survey asks students about their school’s academics, student body and campus life, themselves, and their career plans.
The school profiles in each book cover academics, admission, financial aid, campus life and career information. They include advice on funding the degrees and applying to the programs.
The Princeton Review is a New York City-based education services company known for its test-prep courses, education programs, admission services, and 200 books published by Random House. Among them are “Best 366 Colleges,” “Best 168 Medical Schools” and guides for graduate school admission exams and application essays. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University.
Contact
Bill Gerdes, UA Public Relations, 205/348-8318, bgerdes@cba.ua.edu