The Princeton Review's Annual Law And Business School Rankings Based On 37,000 Student Surveys Are Now Out

NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton Review—known for its widely-followed college rankings in dozens of categories based on how students rate their undergrad schools—today released the 2012 editions of its guides to law and business schools which also include annual ranking lists uniquely based on student surveys.

"The Best 167 Law Schools" and "The Best 294 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review, 2012 Editions, $22.99 each) each report lists of top 10 ranking schools in 11 categories.

The Princeton Review tallied its ranking lists based on its surveys of 18,000 students attending the 167 law schools and 19,000 students attending the 294 business schools.  The survey asked students to rate multiple attributes of their schools including their professors and fellow classmates. Some ranking list tallies factored in school-reported data.

Among the ranking list categories in each book and schools ranked #1 on them:

"Best Professors"

Law school: Boston University

Business school: University of Texas-Austin

"Best Career Prospects"

Law school: Northwestern University

Business school: Stanford University

"Best Classroom Experience"

Law school: Stanford University

Business school: University of California-Berkeley

"Most Competitive Students"

Law school: Baylor University

Business school: University of Pennsylvania

"Toughest to Get Into" (the only ranking list in the books based solely on school-reported data)

Law school: Yale University

Business school: Stanford University

Other lists in "The Best 167 Law Schools" and #1 schools on them include:

"Most Conservative Students" - Ave Maria University

"Most Liberal Students" - Northeastern University

Other lists in "The Best 294 Business Schools" and #1 schools on them include:

"Best Campus Facilities" – University of Virginia

"Greatest Opportunity for Women" – Simmons College

The books also have lists reporting the top 10 schools in such categories as "Best Administered," "Most Family Friendly," and "Greatest Opportunity for Minority Students."

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