St. Lawrence Earns National Recognition for Academics, Community, and Career Preparation
St. Lawrence once again earned multiple accolades in The Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges for 2027, securing a place on 15 top 25 lists that paint a distinctive picture of life on campus: academically ambitious, supportive from every angle, connected to the outdoors, and powered by a community students care for.
Great research happens in great labs. Meaningful relationships grow in a supportive community. Career preparation begins long before graduation through hands-on learning and real-world experience.
According to students surveyed by The Princeton Review, those are a few things St. Lawrence University gets especially right.
Among the University’s highest rankings are No. 2 for “Best Science Lab Facilities” and “Great Outdoors: Students Get Outside”; No. 4 for “Best Student Support and Counseling Services” and “Friendliest Students”; No. 5 for “Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation”; No. 6 for both “Best Career Services” and “Best-Run Colleges”; and No. 8 for “Their Students Love These Colleges.” The University also appeared on “Great Financial Aid.”
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Institutional Excellence and Academic Support
- No. 2, “Best Science Lab Facilities”
- No. 6, “Best Career Services”
- No. 6, “Best-Run Colleges”
- No. 17, “Most Accessible Professors”
- No. 21, “Best College Library”
- No. 33, “Great Financial Aid”
Student Life and Community
- No. 2 “Great Outdoors: Students Get Outside”
- No. 4 “Friendliest Students”
- No. 4 “Best Student Support and Counseling Services”
- No. 8 “Their Students Love These Colleges”
- No. 9 “Most Active Student Government”
- No. 11 “Town Gown Relations are Great”
- No. 18 “Happiest Students”
Values and Campus Culture
- No. 4 “Most Politically Moderate Students”
- No. 5 “Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation”
A detailed overview of the publication’s ranking methodology can be found here.
“What stands out to me about these rankings is the picture they paint when you look at them together,” says University President Kate Morris. “Our students are learning in exceptional spaces, building real relationships with their professors, finding support when they need it, and preparing—through hands-on experience—for what comes next. Plus, they’re doing all of that in a community of people who love being together and choose to make the most of this remarkable place we call home. That combination of challenge, connection, support, purpose, and a true sense of place is distinctly St. Lawrence.”
The University’s strong showing in The Best 392 Colleges complements its recognition in The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges, where St. Lawrence was ranked No. 1 for Best Alumni Networks among private colleges, No. 4 for Best Schools for Internships, and among the nation’s Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact. Together, these rankings reflect both the quality of the student experience and the lasting value of a St. Lawrence education.
