Monmouth University Featured in The Princeton Review’s “Best 390 Colleges” 2025

For the 20th straight year, Monmouth University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends Monmouth in the new edition of its annual college guide, "The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition" (2024, Penguin Random House). The Princeton Review also recently named Monmouth University as one of its Best Business Schools 2024 in the on-campus MBA category.

"We salute Monmouth University for its outstanding academics, and many other impressive offerings. We recommend it as an ideal choice for students searching for their 'best-fit' college," said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and lead author of "The Best 390 Colleges."

Only about 15% of America's 2,600 four-year colleges are profiled in the book. The Princeton Review choses the colleges for the book based on data it annually collects from surveys of 2,000 college administrators about their institutions' academic offerings. The company also reviews data from its surveys of college students attending the schools who report on their experiences at their institutions.

Student feedback in The Princeton Review's profile praises Monmouth University for its transformative learning experience that "truly provides ample opportunities to prepare students for their careers," including experiential education, service learning, and study abroad. The Centers of Distinction, as well as numerous conferences and panels, are also highlighted by students as opportunities to "engage with experts in their field, explore cutting-edge research and ideas, and network with professionals and peers."

Additional student perspectives about the Monmouth experience consider its proximity to both city life and the beach as "the best of two worlds." The profile highlights campus as "extremely diverse and integrated" with frequent activities and events that make it "very easy to fill your days." Faculty are also praised for being available and accommodating, with one student remarking, "My professors have allowed me to flourish… What I once thought was a dream career is within reach because of their efforts and engagement."

Monmouth was ranked No. 13 in the Best Student Support and Counseling Services category.

"We are truly grateful for the recognition from our students and take pride in our efforts to support their health and well-being," said Christopher Mckittrick, PsyD, LPC, ACS, director of Counseling and Prevention Services. "Each year, we dedicate ourselves to meeting their unique needs, and this acknowledgment motivates us to keep striving for excellence. We remain committed to living up to their high expectations and hope our dedication has made our University community proud."

The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in the book hierarchically, from 1 to 390. However, the book has 50 categories of ranking lists. Each list names the top 25 schools (of those in the book) in its category. The ranking lists are entirely based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 168,000 students at the 390 schools in the book. The 89-question survey asked students to rate their colleges on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences at them. Information on the student survey process and methodology for the ranking lists is available on The Princeton Review's website.

"The Best 390 Colleges" is one of more than 150 Princeton Review books in a line published by Penguin Random House. The annual book and its rankings have been featured on NBC TODAY more than two dozen times and referenced by many other media from NPR to "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Chronicle of Higher Education." The school profiles and ranking lists in "The Best 390 Colleges" are posted online where they can be searched for free.

The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its tutoring, test-prep, admission services, books, and other learning resources. Headquartered in New York, NY, it is not affiliated with Princeton University.