Clap for Rice, where students are happy and they know it
Apparently, the grass is always greener inside the hedges.
Students at Rice University are the happiest among college campuses in the nation, according to the annual Princeton Review rankings released this week.
According to the rankings, Rice students see the campus as welcoming and inclusive. The Houston university also topped a list of schools with the most interaction between students from varying racial and economic backgrounds.
“What they all have in common is their satisfaction with life at Rice,” according to Princeton Review. “The environment is very inclusive. People are free to do whatever they want with whoever they want.”
The rankings are based on surveys of 143,000 students at 381 top colleges. The Princeton Review is one of many publications and organizations that produces annual rankings on colleges based on everything from student life to the value of a degree.
“These reflect two of our most important commitments: the general welfare and positive engagement of our students, and building a diverse and inclusive community,” Rice President David Leebron said of the rankings. “We take this expression of satisfaction from our students not as a laurel to rest upon, but an encouragement to constantly aspire to do even better.”