Westminster College offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review, the New York-based education services company.

Westminster College is featured in the 2007 edition of The Princeton Review annual college guide, The Best 361 Colleges. Westminster is also honored as one of "Best Northeastern Colleges." Only about 15% of the four-year colleges in America and two Canadian colleges are included in the book.

The guide's editors describe Westminster as a place "where personal attention is the norm and students cite the faculty and administrators as one of the school's greatest assets. Clearly, many of the teachers related well to the students and their needs, cultivating a personal and comfortable atmosphere in the classroom, which extends outside of class as well. It's not unusual to be invited to a professor's house for a meal; even the president hosts picnics and dinners to get to know the students."

Students surveyed by The Princeton Review said, "Westminster is loaded with people looking to make each student's life a little easier."

"We chose schools for this book primarily for their outstanding academics," according to Robert Franek, Princeton Review's vice president of publishing. "We evaluated them based on institutional data we collect about the schools, feedback from students attending them, and visits to schools over the years. We also considered the opinions of independent college counselors, along with students and parents we talk to and survey."

The rankings are based on The Princeton Review's survey of 115,000 students. Additional information about the guide is available at www.PrincetonReview.com

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