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July 28, 2009 Wright State among "Best in the Midwest" in The Princeton Review For the third year in a row, Wright State University's regional reputation has reached a national level as a "Best in the Midwest" college in The Princeton Review's annual college ratings.Wright State is among 158 schools from 12 states profiled as "Best in the Midwest" in its 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region, released online with its 2010 Best 371 Colleges. "It is a testament to Wright State that our students' responses to The Princeton Review's survey put us among the best colleges in the Midwest," said Steven R. Angle, provost of Wright State University. "We take it as the ultimate compliment when our own students rank us with the best." The Princeton Review's special annual issue Best Colleges: Region by Region focuses on 639 of the best colleges in four regions: the Northeast, West, Southeast and Midwest. Academics, quality of life and extracurricular activities were among the categories included in the unbiased and uncensored survey given to students and their parents. Colleges are not ranked within the groups. In the survey, Wright State students said the following: • They attend Wright State to "make the most out of their education at a reasonable cost." • Tuition at Wright State is "low," but students don't have to forfeit personal attention in order to save a little money. • "Since it's a smaller school, WSU affords the opportunity for individuals to get to know professors in even the largest lectures such as freshman chemistry and biology." • WSU's faculty is "friendly and approachable, eager to assist and willing to accommodate" students as they negotiate a "challenging academic experience in which one must put forth effort to succeed." • WSU excels in a diverse range of academics fields. It boasts a "very strong theater program, nursing program, and engineering program," and an "absolutely amazing" business and international education department. • Students tout focused programs such as "the anatomical gift program, which really allows students to learn more in-depth anatomy" and "a specialized program in the computer science department for bioinformatics…that sets the university apart from others academically." Comments and a profile of Wright State can be viewed on The Princeton Review website at http://www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx after registering with the website for free. In 2008-09, Wright State offered 109 undergraduate degree programs and 57 graduate and professional programs. An urban research university with among the lowest tuition rates in Ohio, Wright State is home to more than 17,000 students and saw nearly $70 million in research awards in 2008. The school located in Dayton, Ohio, has 85,000 alumni. 
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