From Deseret News archives:
BYU gives most bang for buck, review says
4 other schools in Utah rank among top 150
The LDS Church-owned and subsidized school is the best value among America's private colleges and universities, according to the Princeton Review's new book, "America's Best Value Colleges: 2007 Edition," released Tuesday. BYU ranked third last year.
Four other Utah institutions were ranked among the nation's top 150 schools the University of Utah, Utah State University, Westminster College and Southern Utah University.
At least once every three years, Princeton Review editors conduct on-campus surveys at each one of more than 600 schools. They also get feedback from students who fill out online surveys. Prospective students use the books and www.princetonreview.com as resources while selecting a college.
"The 150 schools in the book are all great values financially and great academic values overall," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's vice-president of publishing.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides more than $200 million each year to subsidize student tuition, according to estimates. BYU freshmen Scott Maddux and Alicia Riggers noticed the low sticker price when they shopped around.
"I think it's an incredible deal overall," said Maddux, an 18-year-old accounting student from Camarillo, Calif., who considered enrolling at the University of Southern California. "BYU costs a tenth of what it would cost me to go to USC."
"It is so much cheaper than anywhere else you can go, and it's a major university," said Riggers, a 19-year-old biology student from Atlanta, Ga. "We really compete well with other major universities."
BYU's value will take a slight hit this fall. Officials announced in November tuition will increase 6.2 percent for the 2006-07 school year.
Vanderbilt University chancellor Gordon Gee, a former BYU law professor and former president of Brown University and Ohio State University, spoke at BYU on Tuesday. He told the Deseret Morning News that BYU provides a "world-class" education for LDS students.
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