Hollins University is among the institutions of higher learning highlighted in the new 2025 edition of the free online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges.
The Guide profiles 511 colleges that foster a culture of environmental responsibility and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability.
The Princeton Review chose the colleges for this edition of the Guide based on a survey it conducted in 2023-24 of administrators at nearly 600 colleges about their institutions’ sustainability-related policies, practices, and programs. The company also surveyed students attending the colleges about their “green” campus experiences. The school selections were based on more than 25 data points from the surveys.
“We are delighted to recommend Hollins University to students who want their ‘best-fit’ college to also be a ‘green’ one,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief. “Hollins, which offers excellent academics, also demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability in its campus programs, policies and practices.”
Franek noted that The Princeton Review is seeing substantive interest among college applicants in attending green colleges. Of the nearly 8,000 college-bound students the company polled for its 2024 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 61% said having information about a college’s commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school.
The profiles in the Guide report The Princeton Review’s Green Ratings of the schools which the company tallies on a scale of 60 to 99. Hollins received a Green Rating score of 83. The profiles also provide notes on the schools’ uses of renewable energy, their recycling and conservation programs, the availability of environmental studies in their academic offerings. The profiles also include information on the school’s admission requirements, cost, and financial aid.
The Princeton Review has published its Guide to Green Colleges annually since 2010. Information on how the company selected the schools for the Guide is here.
