SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Lawrence Technological University has once again been named to “The Best 392 Colleges,” an annual listing of the nation’s top colleges and universities published by the educational services firm The Princeton Review.
“The Best 392 Colleges and Universities 2027” is now online and on sale in bookstores. The list, now in its 35th year, features only about 14% of America’s four-year colleges and universities.
The Best 392 Colleges and Universities is the product of a survey of 172,000 college students and 2,000 college administrators nationwide. The ranking criteria are academic excellence, having accessible and interesting faculty, campus quality of life, financial aid opportunities, being a “green” school, and fire safety.
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“We are delighted to name Lawrence Technological University as one of our best colleges for 2027, and we recommend it to students searching for their ‘best-fit’ college,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief and lead author of The Best 392 Colleges. “Lawrence Tech has outstanding academic programs, We also took into account the candid feedback we received about it from its very own customers—its enrolled students,” he added.
“This recognition from The Princeton Review affirms what we work toward every day at Lawrence Technological University: delivering an exceptional, technologically focused education that is accessible, relevant, and transformative,” said Tarek M. Sobh, PhD, president of LTU. “We are proud to prepare students not only for successful careers, but for lives of innovation, leadership, and impact.”
In the “Students Say” section of the ranking, students highlight LTU’s strong reputation among companies that recruit and hire graduates, noting that the “potential for high quality jobs after college is very helpful and exciting.” Students also point to the availability of academic and technology resources, while more than 80 percent of students receive some form of financial aid.
Surveyed students said professors at LTU “are extremely flexible and truly do want to help you and see you succeed,” which can be seen in their willingness “to accommodate special situations.” They are also “clearly knowledgeable in their fields and do their best to share that experience with students,” running application-based courses with the most “up-to-date labs and tools” that are centered around “creating problems and processes to outline the ever-changing industry standards and practices.” One student says: “In my computer networks class the professor brought in material to create our own Ethernet cords.” Students feel they leave with a lot of experience, thanks to instructors frequently bringing in “guests from popular companies to explain how our work is tied to real life work scenarios” and working to show “the application of the theory you learned in class.”
As for campus life, students said that most out-of-classroom socializing comes by way of clubs, intramural sports, and “a great array of organizations which allow for anyone to find their interest.” At least once a week there is an activity hosted by a student organization “that is fun and interactive to attend,” and for those who prefer to “often play games on our computers,” the school also coaches across various Esports. While there are also “some casual parties surrounding Greek life,” on the whole, students here are busy with “lots of studying [and being] devoted to school and a career afterwards.”
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Lawrence Technological University is one of only 13 independent, technological, comprehensive doctoral universities in the United States. Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932, and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU – which offers the communication training programs of the former Specs Howard School – and LTU’s growing Center for Professional Development. Forbes and The Wall Street Journal rank LTU among the nation’s top 10 percent. U.S. News and World Report lists it in the top tier of best in the Midwest colleges. And the Princeton Review lists it in “The Best 392 Colleges 2027 Edition,” which puts it among the nation’s top 15% of four-year colleges and universities. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 107-acre campus include more than 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.