{"id":143423,"date":"2025-06-30T17:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143423"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T21:50:02","slug":"muhlenberg-college-named-best-value-college-by-princeton-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143423","title":{"rendered":"Muhlenberg College Named Best Value College by Princeton Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allentown, Pa. (June 30, 2025) \u2013\u00a0Muhlenberg College is one of only 209 schools nationwide featured on the Princeton Review\u2019s newly released\u00a02025 Best Value Colleges<\/a>\u00a0list.<\/p>\n

According to the Princeton Review, colleges achieving this ranking earned the publication\u2019s highest return on investment (ROI) ratings. Scores are\u00a0based on analysis<\/a>\u00a0of more than 40 data points, largely derived from Princeton\u2019s academics, affordability, and career preparation surveys conducted in 2024-2025, and PayScale.com\u2019s college alumni surveys about starting salaries, mid-career salaries, and job satisfaction. The ranking reflects excellent academics and career services at an affordable price.<\/p>\n

The new Best Value College accolade adds to Muhlenberg\u2019s existing Princeton Review recognition as one of the\u00a0Best 390 Colleges<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Top 50 Green Colleges<\/a>\u00a0(#32) and for\u00a0Best College Theater<\/a>\u00a0(#6) and\u00a0Best Campus Food<\/a>\u00a0(#12).<\/p>\n

Beginning in their first semester, Muhlenberg students collaborate with career coaches to create a\u00a0Muhlenberg Action Plan<\/a>\u00a0(MAP) \u2014 a dynamic roadmap that helps them identify strengths, explore interests, and understand how their liberal arts education connects to career success. One-on-one\u00a0career coaching<\/a>\u00a0continues throughout a student\u2019s time at Muhlenberg and even after graduation, ensuring ongoing guidance. Experiential learning opportunities supported by a thriving alumni network, and throughout diverse industries, help students to build connections, deepen industry knowledge, and gain competitive skills.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1848,\u00a0Muhlenberg<\/a>\u00a0is a highly selective, four-year residential, liberal arts college in the city of Allentown, Pa., with nearly 2,000 bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree-seeking students.\u00a0The college\u2019s curriculum and experiences are designed to open doors to new ideas, discoveries, friendships and a lifetime of personal and intellectual growth.<\/p>\n

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\nCarey Manzolillo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allentown, Pa. (June 30, 2025) \u2013\u00a0Muhlenberg College is one of only 209 schools nationwide featured on the Princeton Review\u2019s newly released\u00a02025 Best Value Colleges\u00a0list. According to the Princeton Review, colleges … Continue reading Muhlenberg College Named Best Value College by Princeton Review<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/muhlenburg-college.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}