NEWS: Olin College Named One of the Nation’s Best Colleges by Princeton Review

Olin College is one of the nation's best undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review’s 2025 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 390 Colleges.

The annual list includes unique ranking lists that highlight specific ways in which schools stand out. Olin consistently ranks high in many Best Colleges categories; the 2025 edition boasts high marks for the categories “Best Student Support and Counseling Services” and “Great Financial Aid.”

Olin students working on project

Students presenting their work at the Mechanical Design Demo Day, Fall 2023.

The Princeton Review's Best Colleges rankings name the top 25 colleges in 50 categories and are based solely on the company's surveys of students attending the schools.

In Olin’s profile, The Princeton Review notes projects are "used to immediately apply things learned in class to real world scenarios, whether that's programming robots or learning how to build a facial recognition algorithm.” In addition, “students feel ‘continually inspired,’ ‘listened to,’ and ‘really engaged.’ Ultimately, because so much work involves being ‘in pairs or groups,’ enrollees categorize Olin as ‘a very collaborative environment’ where ‘everybody is willing to help out and bring each other up.’”

Students describe Olin as "filled to the brim with interesting and brilliant people who all want to do incredible things." They also say that the “student body is made up of ‘very different people’ who are ‘able to meld well to be an entire school.’

In the 2025 edition, Olin appears in the following “Ranking Lists”:

  • Students Study the Most - #1
  • Best Student Support and Counseling Services - #3
  • Great Financial Aid - #4
  • Professors Get High Marks - #6
  • Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Private Schools) - #8
  • Best Classroom Experience - #8
  • Least Religious Students - #9
  • Best College Dorms - #10
  • Best Career Services - #13
  • Their Students Love These Colleges - #15
  • Friendliest Students - #16
  • Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Private Schools) - #17
  • Most Accessible Professors - #19
  • LGBTQ-Friendly - #23