West Virginia Wesleyan College is one of the nation’s best value undergraduate institutions according to the Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company features Wesleyan in the new 2007 edition of its book, America’s Best Value Colleges, which goes on sale March 28. The guide profiles 150 colleges with excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and relatively low costs.  It includes 103 public and 47 private colleges in 40 states.  Wesleyan is one of two West Virginia colleges and universities included in the book.  The Princeton Review chose the colleges based on data the company obtained from administrators at 646 colleges, and its surveys of students attending them.

Says Robert Franek, V.P. Publishing, The Princeton Review, “We considered over 30 factors to rate the colleges in four categories:  Academics, Tuition GPA (the sticker price minus average amount students receive in scholarships and grants, Financial Aid (how well colleges meet students’ financial need), and Student Borrowing.  We recommend the 150 schools in this book as America’s best college education deals for 2006.” 

“We are obviously delighted to be included in the Princeton Review’s America’s Best Value Colleges,” says William R. Haden, president of Wesleyan.  “Our students have benefited from the generosity of many alumni and friends of the College.  Their gifts have made it possible for us to award scholarships and grants to over 95 percent of our students, making Wesleyan accessible for the large majority of students who are interested in our outstanding academic and student life programs.”

America’s Best Value Colleges has three-page profiles on the colleges, lists of the top 10 best value private colleges and the top 10 best value public colleges, and advice about applying for college admission and financial aid.  It is one of more than 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House.

West Virginia Wesleyan is a private residential college affiliated with The United Methodist Church.  The College offers over 40 academic majors, 18 NCAA Division II sports, and a comprehensive student life program.  For more information about Wesleyan, please contact the Office of Admission at 800-722-9933.