{"id":6711,"date":"2010-08-10T00:30:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T06:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2010-08-08T23:47:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T05:47:11","slug":"military-academies-top-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/military-academies-top-university-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Academies Top University Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It should be common knowledge by now that the US military academies routinely rank among the best colleges in the country by a variety of standards.\u00a0 The academies routinely top the Princeton Review&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/best-value-colleges.aspx\">Best Value Colleges<\/a>, and all the military academies were on it.\u00a0 Of course, having a quality education with zero tuition does much for the value calculation.<\/p>\n<p>The academies also top\u00a0the 2011 Best Colleges pubished by\u00a0the Princeton Review (see <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/29\/princetons-2010-university-rankings\/\">the 2010 list<\/a>), which includes relative\u00a0ranking criteria on a variety of &#8220;interesting&#8221; subjects.\u00a0 The Air Force Academy again rises to the top on most conservative and most religious students.\u00a0 The other academies were also consistently near the top on conservative, politically active, and &#8220;least happy&#8221; students, with slight variations.\u00a0 (One unusual hit was at the Merchant Marine Academy, which took low marks on its professors.)\u00a0 Other rankings:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/UnitedStatesAirForceAcademy.aspx\"><strong>US Air Force Academy<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\n#13 Least Happy Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#17 Most Politically Active Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#1 Most Accessible Professors<br \/>\n#4 Most Conservative Students<br \/>\n#14 Most Religious Students<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy.aspx\"><strong>US Military Academy (West Point)<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\n#14 Lots of Race\/Class Interaction<br \/>\n#8 Most Politically Active Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#4 Most Accessible Professors<br \/>\n#16 Most Conservative Students<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/UnitedStatesNavalAcademy.aspx\"><strong>US Naval Academy (Annapolis)<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\n#7 Least Happy Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#2 Most Accessible Professors<br \/>\n#18 Most Conservative Students<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/UnitedStatesCoastGuardAcademy.aspx\"><strong>US Coast Guard Academy<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\n#3 Least Happy Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#11 Most Accessible Professors<br \/>\n#17 Most Conservative Students<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/UnitedStatesMerchantMarineAcademy.aspx\"><strong>US Merchant Marine Academy<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\n#1 Is It Food?\u00a0<br \/>\n#2 Least Happy Students\u00a0<br \/>\n#3 Professors Get Low Marks<br \/>\n#7 Least Accessible Professors<br \/>\n#5 Most Conservative Students<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full lists can be viewed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/Defaultbest.aspx\">Princeton site<\/a>, though registration (free) is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It should be common knowledge by now that the US military academies routinely rank among the best colleges in the country by a variety of standards.\u00a0 The academies routinely top the Princeton Review&#8217;s\u00a0Best Value Colleges, and all the military academies were on it.\u00a0 Of course, having a quality education with zero tuition does much for the value calculation. 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