MSOE named a "Best in the Midwest College"
| Published: 07/27/2009 |
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Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review. The New York City-based education services company selected the school as one of 158 institutions it profiles in its "Best in the Midwest" section on its Web site feature 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region.
Says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's V.P., Publishing, "We chose MSOE and the other terrific schools we recommend as our ‘regional best' colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs. We also work to have our roster of ‘regional best' colleges feature a range of institutions by size, selectivity, character and locale. We choose the schools based on institutional data we collect from several hundred schools in each region, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of independent and high school-based college advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what each school's customers - their students - report to us about their campus experiences at them on our 80-question student survey." 
The 158 colleges The Princeton Review chose for this year's "Best in the Midwest" designations are located in twelve states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Princeton Review also designated 218 colleges in the Northeast, 123 in the West, and 141 in the Southeast as best in their locales on the company's 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region section on its site. The 640 colleges named "regional best(s)" represent only about 25% (one out of four) of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.
The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in its 2010 Best Colleges Region by Region Web site section. The Princeton Review survey for this project asks students to rate their own schools on several issues -- from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food -- and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. Actual comments from surveyed students pepper each Princeton Review college profile on its site.
Some student comments quoted in MSOE's profile include:
"There are solid nursing and business programs at the Milwaukee School of Engineering but, as the name probably tipped you off, MSOE is primarily known as one of the most highly regarded engineering schools in the Midwest."
"Graduating from here is like a badge of honor," declares a mechanical engineering major. "There are no teaching assistants and classes are small enough that the professors generally know your name. Every professor is accessible and they are willing to put in extra hours. It's almost impossible to not get the help you need. Professors know the practical side of what they're teaching as well."
The Princeton Review (http://www.princetonreview.com/) is a New York-based company known for its test preparation courses, books, and college admission and other education services. It is not affiliated with Princeton University and it is not a magazine.
Media contacts:
JoEllen Burdue, MSOE: (414) 277-7117, burdue@msoe.edu
Harriet Brand, The Princeton Review: (212) 874-8282, ext. 1091, HarrietB@Review.com
Jeanne Krier, Princeton Review Books: (212) 539-1350, Jeanne@Jeannekrier.com
MSOE is an independent university with 2,600 students. MSOE offers 17 bachelor's degrees and nine master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, architectural engineering and building construction, computer, business and health-related fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; and extremely high placement rates and starting salaries. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.