The Princeton Review ranked UW-Madison No. 9 for â??Best Value Collegeâ? in the 2008 edition of its annual book, â??Americaâ??s Best Value Colleges,â? claiming UW-Madison â??offers an essential education at rock-bottom rates.â?
Senior Editor of â??Americaâ??s Best Value Collegesâ? Adrinda Kelly said the review looked at 650 colleges across the country and identified 30 factors that were applied to each of the universities. The universities were then narrowed down to the top 165, which are the schools that actually appear in the book.