The Princeton Review, one of the top evaluators and guides for university-bound students in the United States, has selected California State University, East Bay as a “Best in the West” college for 2006.
In its third consecutive year of being recognized by the Princeton Review, Cal State East Bay received high marks for academics, small class sizes, campus life, and a diversity of ages, races, and ethnicities that make up its student population.
Robert Franek, Princeton Review publisher, noted that the university was one of 123 colleges receiving the “Best in the West” designation. This year, 656 American universities were surveyed in five geographic regions. Cal State East Bay was one of only 43 California institutions of higher learning recognized, and one of just seven selected from the 23-campus California State University system.
Cal State East Bay plans on opening a new 67,000 square-foot Wayne and Gladys Valley Business and Technology Center early next year, which contributed to the Review’s inclusion of the university in the “Best of the West” ranking. The campus also noted its growing sports program and aggressive plan to emphasize freshmen enrollment as key factors that make the school appealing.
Additional comments and information about Cal State East Bay by the Princeton Review can be found on the Review’s Web site at www.princetonreview.com/college/research/regional.
–Jackie Pugh
