From Higher Ed Morning
Colleges with the Best Professors - Student's Top Ten Picks
How would your students rate your college’s professors? These schools’ students have enthused that their professors are the best in the nation.
Professors can have a huge impact on a student’s college experience. A great professor – one who encourages and gets students excited about learning – can help shape students’ futures by inspiring them to pursue certain pathways.
What makes students admire their professors? It’s usually a combination of intelligence, personality, teaching skill and ease of access.
The Princeton Review has released a list of U.S. colleges with the best professors, as ranked by more than 130,000 students.
It’s interesting to note that most of the colleges on the list are smaller schools, where students are able to get more one-on-one time with their professors.
After all, it can be challenging to build relationships with students when teaching larger crowds.
The best professors in the U.S.
Here are the top 10 colleges students said had the best professors, according to The Princeton Review:
10. Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Student/faculty ratio: 8.6:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 92%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
9. Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Student/faculty ratio: 10.3:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 92%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
8. Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
Student/faculty ratio: 11:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 77%
Most frequent class size: 2-9 students
7. Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Student/faculty ratio: 6:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 72%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
6. St. John’s College
Santa Fe, NM
Student/faculty ratio: 7:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 80%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
5. Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Student/faculty ratio: 8:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 93%
Most frequent class size: 2-9 students
4. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
Student/faculty ratio: 8:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 82%
Most frequent class size: 2-9 students
3. College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
Student/faculty ratio: 10:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 76%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
2. Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Student/faculty ratio: 8.6:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 67%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students
1. Reed College
Portland, OR
Student/faculty ratio: 9:1
Faculty with terminal degree: 96%
Most frequent class size: 10-19 students