OSU featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Media Contact: Katie Beitz | Sustainability Coordinator | 405-744-4728 | [email protected]

The Princeton Review, known for its many education services and resources for college-bound students, features Oklahoma State Universityin the 2025 edition of its online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges.

The guide, which is accessible for free, profiles 511 colleges that foster a culture of environmental responsibility and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability.

The Princeton Review chose the colleges based on a survey it conducted in 2023-24 of administrators at nearly 600 colleges about their institution's sustainability-related policies, practices and programs. The company also surveyed college students about their "green" campus experiences. The school selections were based on more than 25 survey data points.

Katie Beitz

"OSU's ranking at No. 91 in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges is a testament to the dedication of our faculty, staff and students to our sustainability goals," OSU Sustainability Coordinator Katie Beitz said. "However, we also recognize that there is always room for growth. Rankings offer insights into how we compare with peer institutions, and this motivates us to continue improving our sustainability efforts."

Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's editor-in-chief, noted that the review is seeing substantive interest among college applicants in attending green colleges. Of the nearly 8,000 college-bound students the company polled for its 2024 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 61% said having information about a college's commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school. A report on the survey is available here.

"We are delighted to recommend Oklahoma State University to students who want their 'best-fit' college to also be a 'green' one," Franek said. "Oklahoma State University, which offers excellent academics, also demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability in its campus programs, policies and practices."

These practices include being named a certified Bee Campus, Monarch Waystation, EPA Green Power Partner and Tree Campus Higher Education. Along with these recognitions, OSU has also received a silver certification for AASHE's Stars Report, as well as being named a level two Arb Net accredited arboretum campus.

The profiles in the guide report The Princeton Review's green ratings of the schools, which the company tallies on a scale of 60 to 99. OSU received a green rating score of 91. The profiles also provide notes on the schools' uses of renewable energy, their recycling and conservation programs, and the availability of environmental studies in their academic offerings. The profiles also include information on the school's admission requirements, cost and financial aid.

The Princeton Review has published its Guide to Green Colleges annually since 2010. The education services company is also known for its other resources for college applicants, including its dozens of other categories of college rankings and its annual book, "The Best 390 Colleges."

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