NKU Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition

March 17, 2023 - Northern Kentucky University has been recognized as an environmentally responsible college by The Princeton Review®.

The education services company featured NKU in its online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition. The Princeton Review chose the schools in the guide based on its survey of administrators at 713 colleges during the 2021-22 academic year and surveys of students attending the colleges. Editors analyzed more than 25 survey data points to select the 455 schools chosen for the guide. 

“We are thrilled to be selected for The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition,” Tiffany Budd, NKU Sustainability Operation coordinator, said. “Increasing the visibility, engagement and action around sustainability on campus has been a collaborative effort among faculty, staff and students. We are honored to be recognized by Princeton as a Green College and we will continue to grow sustainability programs and projects at NKU.” 

Some of the things you will find on NKU’s campus include: student groups involved in sustainability; an engagement and action team for sustainability; LEED-certified or higher for all new buildings; 15 electric vehicle charging stations; three community gardens; and more. 

"We strongly recommend Northern Kentucky University to the increasing number of students who care about the environment and want their ‘best-fit’ college to also ideally be a green one," said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's editor-in-chief. “NKU demonstrates an exemplary commitment to sustainability and to green practices—and it offers excellent academic programs.” 

Franek noted that The Princeton Review has seen an increasing level of interest among students in attending green colleges. Of the more than 10,000 college applicants the company polled for its 2022 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 77 percent said having information about a college's commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school.

The Princeton Review has published its Guide to Green Colleges annually since 2010. The company is also known for its dozens of categories of college rankings in its book, The Best 388 Colleges, and its other resources for college applicants. 

To learn more about NKU Sustainability, visit its webpage. 

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