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The Princeton Review has announced its 2025 Best Colleges rankings, and Fairfield University has again placed among the Best 390 Colleges in the nation, according to the education services company.
Fairfield University will be profiled in the 33rd edition of the Princeton Review’s annual Best Colleges Guide which features approximately 15% of America’s four-year colleges.
Additionally, the Princeton Review has published its 50 college ranking lists for 2025 on PrincetonReview.com, as featured in the The Best 390 Colleges. These lists highlight the top 25 colleges in specific categories, selected based on the feedback of 168,000 students surveyed at the schools included in the book, who evaluated their colleges on a wide range of topics, from academics to campus life. The surveys were conducted during the 2023-24 academic year and/or the two preceding academic years.
The Princeton Review does not provide an overall hierarchical ranking of the 390 schools in the book from 1 to 390. Instead, it identifies the top 25 schools in each of its 50 ranking list categories.
Fairfield achieved standout rankings on several ranking lists in The Best 390 Colleges in the following categories:
Best Career Services rankings are determined “based on students' answers to the survey question: ‘How do you rate your school's career/job placement services?’”
Best Student Support and Counseling Services rankings are determined “based on students' answers to the survey question, ‘How do you rate your school's student support and counseling services?’”
Most Active Student Government rankings are “based on how strongly students agree or disagree with the statement, ‘Student government has an active presence and a tremendous impact on campus life.’”
Fairfield was also included in the Best Value Colleges, and Best Northeast categories. In the "2025 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, 631 colleges, deemed “academically outstanding,” are highlighted across seven regions—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International.
Fairfield University’s consistent presence in these rankings reflects its commitment to providing students with an exceptional educational experience, both inside and outside the classroom. The university’s strong showing in categories like Best Career Services and Best Student Support underscores its dedication to fostering student success and well-being.
These rankings follow the most competitive admission cycle in the University’s history. An unprecedented 33 percent acceptance rate for the incoming first year students reflects the rising popularity of Fairfield University among top-performing students. The newest Stags were selected from a record-breaking pool of 18,505 applicants, with an average weighted GPA of 3.96.
Posted On: August 28, 2024
Volume: 56 Number: 16
Fairfield University is a modern, Jesuit Catholic University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 36 states, 47 foreign countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s five schools. In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.