{"id":15203,"date":"2018-01-26T00:07:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T00:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/25\/princeton-review-guide-clark-a-top-school-for-making-an-impact\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:53:47","slug":"princeton-review-guide-clark-a-top-school-for-making-an-impact","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/25\/princeton-review-guide-clark-a-top-school-for-making-an-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Review guide: Clark a top school for \u2018making an impact\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

'Colleges that Pay You Back' cites Clark's 'tight-knit,' 'diverse,' socially active community<\/p>\n

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Clark University is included in The Princeton Review’s 2018 edition of “Colleges That Pay You Back<\/a>: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck,” and is No. 11 on the list of top 25 schools for “Making an Impact<\/a>.” Schools were chosen from a pool of 650 national colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

\"bookThis annual guidebook, now in its fourth year, is the education services company’s resource for college-bound students and their parents shopping for affordable, academically outstanding colleges that graduate their students to successful, rewarding careers.<\/p>\n

The profile of Clark<\/a> features quotes from students surveyed by The Princeton Review. “[U]ndergrads report that they are encouraged to ‘actively [connect] their academics to something bigger and more meaningful,’ ” it reads. A student says, “All aspects of [the school], from the dining hall menus to the syllabi in literally every department, focus on how students can make the world a better place whether it be social, environmental, geopolitical, economic, medical, or anything in between.”<\/p>\n

Learn more about Clark University’s rankings and recognition<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The profile quotes another student: “People don’t fit into boxes here. Someone could be a star athlete and a great actor majoring in biology and English. I love that about Clark; everyone is so uniquely them, but also very down-to-earth and not caught up in themselves.”<\/p>\n

Clark appears on several lists in “Colleges that Pay You Back,” including:<\/p>\n