Princeton Review recognizes Marietta on Best Colleges Rankings

MC featured among best Midwestern colleges for 2021

Marietta, Ohio (08/19/2020) — Princeton Review's 2021 issue of The Best 386 Colleges includes Marietta College among the top Midwestern colleges.

The nationally known education services company recommends Marietta as one of 158 institutions in 12 states it named to its "Best in the Midwest" list for 2021. A total of 655 colleges and universities nationwide are ranked among the "regional bests."

The 158 colleges The Princeton Review chose for its "Best in the Midwest" 2021 list are located in these 12 states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

The Princeton Review asked 143,000 students at 386 top colleges to rate their own schools on dozens of topics of interest to applicants.

Overall, Princeton Review has 62 categories that provide students with a way to see the types of colleges that are available.

Princeton Review, not affiliated with Princeton University, has published its Best Colleges guide annually since 1992.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value-added, regardless of major. Marietta College has also been named a Great College to Work For two consecutive years (2018 and 2019).

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