{"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:\/\/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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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 achieving this ranking earned the publication\u2019s highest return on investment (ROI) ratings. Scores are\u00a0based on analysis\u00a0of more than 40 data points, largely derived from Princeton\u2019s … 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/muhlenburg-college.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}