Hollins University is among the top ten schools in the country for politically involved students and college theatre, according to the 2021 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, The Best 386 Colleges.
Hollins is ranked #6 in the category Most Politically Active Students and #8 on the Best College Theatre list.
In the guide’s profile of the university, students say Hollins is “a great place for people who want life experience” and that the school provides “a lot of incredible opportunities for anyone willing to take them.” They also cite internship and study abroad opportunities as “exceptional,” and praise the faculty as “amazing, talented, dedicated, and compassionate.” The Princeton Review adds, “The alumni network is similarly solid, and many students land jobs and internships through previous graduates.”
“We salute Hollins for its outstanding academics and we are truly pleased to recommend it to prospective applicants searching for their personal ‘best-fit’ college,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief and lead author of The Best 386 Colleges.
Only about 14% of America’s 2,800 four-year colleges are profiled in the guide. The Princeton Review chooses the colleges for the book based on data it annually collects from administrators at hundreds of colleges about their institutions’ academic offerings. The company also considers data it gathers from its surveys of college students who rate and report on various aspects of their campus and community experiences.
The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in the book from 1 to 386. Instead, it reports 62 ranking lists of the top 20 schools in various categories important to prospective applicants and their parents. The rankings in this edition are based on the company’s surveys of 143,000 students at the 386 schools in the book.
The Best 386 Colleges is the 29th annual edition of The Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” book. It has been featured on NBC’s The Today Show more than a dozen times, and referenced by reporters in publications ranging from Inside Higher Ed. to The Wall Street Journal.
