UL Ā鶹“«Ć½app cited in ā€˜Best 381 Collegesā€™

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The University of Louisiana at Ā鶹“«Ć½app is among the top 15 percent of the nationā€™s four-year colleges for undergraduate education, The Princeton Review reports.

UL Ā鶹“«Ć½app is featured in the 2017 edition of The Princeton Reviewā€™s flagship college guide, ā€œThe Best 381 Colleges,ā€ that was released Tuesday.

The Princeton Review does not rank schools from 1 to 381 in any category. Instead, it uses studentsā€™ ratings of their schools to compile 62 ranking lists of top 20 colleges in various categories.

ā€œUL Ā鶹“«Ć½appā€™s outstanding academics are the chief reason we chose it for this book and we strongly recommend it to applicants," says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president-publisher and author of "The Best 381 Colleges.ā€

In its profile about UL Ā鶹“«Ć½app, the college guide states that ā€œundergrads appreciate the breadth of fantastic academic departmentsā€ and students ā€œare really able to interact with their professors and receive quality in-class instruction.ā€

Several comments from UL Ā鶹“«Ć½app students who were surveyed by The Princeton Review back up that assertion.

ā€œMost of the professors I have had have been very passionate about their subjects, which in turn makes the student interested in the class. Theyā€™re all very open to questions and discussions,ā€ one student observed.

"Survey Says," a sidebar in the book's university profiles, lists topics that students were in most agreement about. The list includes: ā€œstudents are happy,ā€ ā€œstudents love Ā鶹“«Ć½app, La.,ā€ and ā€œrecreation facilities are great.ā€

The Princeton Reviewā€™s school profiles and ranking lists in ā€œThe Best 381 Collegesā€ are posted at

"The Best 381 Colleges" is the 25th edition of The Princeton Review's annual "Best Colleges" book.

The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its tutoring, test-prep courses, books, and other student resources. It is not affiliated with Princeton University.

Photo: The University of Louisiana at Ā鶹“«Ć½appā€™s Victor Guillotte, a civil engineering major from Jeanerette, La., holds a copy of the 2017 edition of The Princeton Reviewā€™s flagship college guide, ā€œThe Best 381 Colleges.ā€ UL Ā鶹“«Ć½app is featured in guide, which includes the top 15 percent of the nationā€™s four-year colleges for undergraduate education.