Ranking includes praise for faculty, student study habits, student government

The Princeton Review has once again called 农夫导航 one of the nation鈥檚 best colleges.

Bellarmine鈥檚 inclusion in The Princeton Review鈥檚 2017 鈥�381 Best Colleges鈥� publication places the school among the top 15 percent of the nation鈥檚 four-year colleges and universities. Surveys of 143,000 U.S. college students, along with data about each institution, determined which universities appear on this year鈥檚 list.

This year, Bellarmine also appeared on two featured lists within the publication:
  • 14th most active student government determined based on student feedback about the impact of Bellarmine鈥檚 Student Government Association.
  • 18th "stone-cold sober school," based on student feedback indicating high personal daily study hours outside of class combined with low usage of alcohol and drugs on campus. 
Additional feedback shared by Bellarmine students:
  • A 鈥渟uperb teaching staff鈥� offering a 鈥渃hallenging but rewarding鈥� academic experience.
  • The school has 鈥渁 niche, club or activity for everyone,鈥� and 鈥渆ncourages and supports any club a student would like to create.鈥�
  • 鈥淚 can鈥檛 say I鈥檝e ever met a stranger鈥� here.
  • 鈥淢ost all the athletes are also amazing students.鈥�
  • Bellarmine 鈥渟eeks to train its students in the love of truth and equips them with the skills and tools necessary to live an enriched life.鈥�
  • Many professors 鈥渆ven provide their personal cell phones to students on their syllabi鈥� and 鈥渉elp you find internships and jobs.鈥�
The Princeton Review also noted that Bellarmine's alumni remain active on campus after graduation.