{"id":27114,"date":"2023-08-15T16:51:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=27114"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:51:20","slug":"furman-again-among-princeton-reviews-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-again-among-princeton-reviews-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman again among Princeton Review&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Furman University has again been named among the best universities in the country by The Princeton Review\u2019s \u201c389 Best Colleges.\u201d Furman has appeared in the guide every year since it started more than 30 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The university ranked No. 22 for \u201cMost Accessible Professors\u201d and \u201cBest College Theater.\u201d The university <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/01\/furman-earns-no-12-spot-for-making-an-impact-in-princeton-reviews-best-value-colleges\/\">ranked No. 12 for \u201cmaking an impact\u201d<\/a> earlier this year in The Princeton Review\u2019s \u201cBest Value Colleges\u201d guide. Furman is also included in the publication\u2019s \u201cGreen Colleges\u201d and \u201cBest South\u201d lists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27115\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27115\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27115 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/08\/Princeton-Review-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of a Princeton Review magazine cover.\" width=\"341\" height=\"450\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/08\/Princeton-Review-cover.jpeg 341w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/08\/Princeton-Review-cover-114x150.jpeg 114w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 341px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 341\/450;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furman has been included in the Best Colleges publication for more than 30 years.<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Princeton Review rankings depend solely on students\u2019 answers to an 85-question survey. Surveys over multiple years are compiled into the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>In a highlight of student comments, The Princeton Review writes, \u201cFurman University is a school that helps its undergraduates \u2018become the best versions of themselves.\u2019\u201d Among the positive aspects students mentioned were study away, \u201cexperiential learning,\u201d research and internships.<\/p>\n<p>Students described their peers as a \u201ccommunity of open-minded people\u201d who are \u201cwilling to help one another.\u201d Another student said, \u201cI was completely taken aback at how genuine and kind the people here are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university has been included in the rankings since they began more than 30 years ago. Professors, theater get high scores this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":27074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[149,232,233],"class_list":["post-27114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admission","tag-best-colleges","tag-princeton-review","tag-rankings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}