Lafayette College once again named a best college by The Princeton Review

As Lafayette celebrates its bicentennial year, The Princeton Review once again named Lafayette College to its Best 392 Colleges list, placing the College among the top 14% of the nation’s four-year colleges included in the guide. The publisher based this year’s selections on survey responses from 172,000 students at 392 schools nationwide.

Lafayette also earned a place on nearly a dozen individual Princeton Review ranking lists this year, debuting on three new lists: Happiest Students (#13), Most Accessible Professors (#14), and Best College Theater (#16).

“I could not be more thrilled that students named us one of the happiest campuses in the country,” said President Nicole Hurd.”That tells you everything about who we are. Our students take care of each other, our faculty and staff are deeply invested in them, and together we have built a learning community people genuinely love. This is what 200 years of showing up for each other looks like.”

Lafayette’s strongest showing was once again in Best Career Services, where the College climbed to #5, a ranking that tracks with outcomes on the ground: Lafayette’s Gateway Career Center reports that 96% of the Class of 2025 was employed, continuing education, or engaged in meaningful life work within six months of graduation. 

Lafayette’s list of Princeton Review rankings include:

• #5 Best Career Services
• #7 Best College Library
• #10 Great Financial Aid
• #13 Happiest Students (new this year)
• #14 Most Accessible Professors (new this year)
• #16 Best College Theater (new this year)
• #18 Students Study the Most
• #25 Best Science Lab Facilities
• #37 Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)
• #37 Top 50 Green Colleges

The Princeton Review’s rankings draw on student survey responses about specific aspects of the college experience, giving prospective students a way to explore schools based on the qualities that matter most to them.

Readers can find the full Best Colleges for 2027 rankings at princetonreview.com and in The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition (Penguin Random House).