Brooklyn College made The Princeton Review’s
annual list of "Top 10 Best Value Colleges" in the
country for the second year in a row and will appear in the 2006
edition of its publication, "America’s Best Value Colleges,"
as the seventh-ranked school in the nation.
"The award is a source of tremendous pride for us,"
said Ellen Belton, Brooklyn College’s dean of undergraduate studies.
"It’s tremendous national recognition. We are no longer
the best kept secret in town."
One of the reasons that Brooklyn College – at 2900 Bedford Ave.
at Avenue H in Midwood – has been named one of the best bargain
schools in the country is the institution’s commitment to its
students and their education, Belton said.
"The honors are nice, but we don’t necessarily focus on
them," she said. "We focus on our own goals, which
are to maintain academic quality, to orient all of our programs
around the students and to remain an integral part of Brooklyn.
If the awards come because we are doing these things, well, then
that’s great."
The 10 schools named in the 2006 "Top 10 Best Value Colleges"
were chosen based on institutional data – including undergraduate
academics, costs and financial aid – as well as student opinion
surveys. These schools, according to the Princeton Review, "offer
outstanding academics and enroll good students who are happy
with the education they are receiving, and, additionally – and
more importantly – do not have to mortgage their futures because
their school is charging them way too much."
"America’s Best Value Colleges," by Eric Owens and
the staff of The Princeton Review (Random House, $15.95) is available
at the Brooklyn College Bookstore [Campus Road at East 27th Street,
(718) 951-5150].
