Kettering University Named a 2024 Best Value College by The Princeton Review

Kettering University Named a 2024 Best Value College by The Princeton Review

Kettering University is one of the nation's best colleges for students seeking a great education with excellent career preparation and fantastic return on investment, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company named Kettering University as one of its Best Value Colleges for 2024 on June 20. The Princeton Review gave Kettering University an ROI rating score of 89/99. In its profile of Kettering University, the company's editors praise the school for its renowned Co-operative education program. Through a 50/50 blend of rigorous academics and paid Co-op employment, students apply what they've learned in the classroom to real-world industry challenges in their first year.

Kettering University students surveyed by The Princeton Review described the school's "awesome" Co-op program as "unparalleled in preparing students." Beyond the benefits of the experience and being paid for their Co-op work, students speak strongly of the job placement rate. Kettering students graduate with more than two years of on-the-job experience and a median starting salary of $75,700 annually.

"Designations like these are a strong affirmation that Kettering's unique experiential and Co-op-based education model creates amazing results in our graduates," said Dr. Robert K. McMahan, Kettering University President. "Kettering's unique and proven model of mixing rigorous academics and undergraduate research opportunities with deep and meaningful professional experience produces students who hit the ground running after they graduate. The accomplishments of our alumni set a very high bar even when compared with the best institutions in the country."

The Princeton Review chose 209 schools for the 2024 list based on data from its surveys of administrators at more than 650 colleges in 2023-24. Topics covered academics, cost, financial aid, graduation rates, and student debt. Overall, The Princeton Review crunched more than 40 data points to tally the colleges' ROI ratings that were the basis for the Best Value Colleges school selections.

"This recognition is a great proof point of our unique and successful Co-op model, which gives our students a jump start on their career ahead of their peers, ultimately culminating in 2.5 Years of professional experience, or as we like to say 'real work' by the time our students graduate," said Enza Sleva, Kettering University's Director of Cooperative Education and Experiences. "This is how our students start ahead and stay there."

The Princeton Review also factored in data from its surveys of students attending the schools and data from PayScale.com's surveys of alumni of the schools about their starting and mid-career salaries and job satisfaction. In 2023, Both PayScale.com and SmartAsset ranked Kettering University as the #1 college in Michigan when it comes to starting salaries for graduates.

"The schools we chose as our Best Value Colleges for 2024 are a select group: they comprise only about 8% of the nation's four-year undergraduate institutions," said Rob Franek, Editor-in-Chief of The Princeton Review. "We commend their administrators, faculties, staff, and alumni for all they are doing to educate their students and guide them to success in their careers. These colleges are also exceptional for the generous amount of financial aid they award to students with need and/or for their comparatively low cost of attendance."

The Princeton Review does not rank the Best Value Colleges hierarchically on a single list, from 1 to 209. The full list of The Princeton Review's Best Value Colleges for 2024 and the project's seven categories of ranking lists, as well as the company's profiles of the schools, is accessible for free with registration at https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-value-colleges/.

About The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is a leading tutoring, test prep, and college admissions services company. Every year, it helps millions of college- and graduate school-bound students, as well as working professionals, achieve their education and career goals through its many education services and products. These include online and in-person courses delivered by a network of more than 4,000 teachers and tutors, online resources, more than 150 print and digital books published by Penguin Random House, and dozens of categories of school rankings. Founded in 1981, The Princeton Review is now in its 43rd year. The company's Tutor.com brand, now in its 24th year, is one of the largest online tutoring services in the U.S. It comprises a community of thousands of tutors who have delivered more than 26 million tutoring sessions. The Princeton Review is headquartered in New York, NY. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University. For more information, visit PrincetonReview.com and the company's Media Center. Follow the company on X (@ThePrincetonRev) and Instagram (@theprincetonreview).

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