Jul 29, 2009 - Claremont, CA -

For the 13th consecutive year, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) has been named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education. The New York-based education services company features HMC in the 2010 edition of its annual guidebook, “The Best 371 Colleges,” which arrives in bookstores this week.  

When compared to the other 371 colleges in this year’s guidebook, HMC was the only college of math, science and engineering to make the Top 20 lists in two of the key academic categories: “Professors Get High Marks” (ranking 15th), and “Most Accessible Professors” (ranking 12th).  Harvey Mudd College also made the Top 20 list in the category of “Students Study the Most” (ranking 18th).

On a scale of 60-99, HMC received an overall academic rating of 99 – the highest possible score. Admissions also received an overall rating of 99, with Financial Aid receiving an overall rating of 98. Other overall ratings were high in the categories of “Quality of Life” (88) and “Green” (86).

According to a current student quoted in the profile, HMC’s curriculum “teaches way more math and science than you knew existed, then adds one-third humanities on top of if it,” and “prepares undergraduates for both industry and grad school.” Another student reported that “Mudd is extremely good at offering research opportunities for undergraduates.” Reflecting on the student body, yet another student noted that there has been a “strong effort to recruit talented under-represented groups and some success recently in recruiting more women.”

Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and two Canadian colleges appear in The Princeton Review’s annual guidebook, which offers two-page profiles of each school and student survey-based ranking lists of top 20 colleges in more than 60 categories. “Each of our 371 best colleges offers great academics,” says Robert Franek, author of the book and V.P. and Publisher of The Princeton Review. “However, we don't rank schools academically because our goal is to help students find and get into the best school for them. It’s all about the fit.”

The Princeton Review (Nasdaq: REVU) is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, tutoring, books, and other resources for college and graduate school-bound students. The 2010 guidebook is available now at bookstores across the country or at The Princeton Review Website.