The Princeton Review names Montana Tech one of the nation’s best colleges for 2027

Montana Technological University is one of the nation's academically best undergraduate institutions, according to the education services company The Princeton Review^®.

The company profiles Montana Tech in the new edition of its annual college guide, The Best 392 Colleges (August 18, 2026, Penguin Random House) as well as in its website feature about the book and the 50 categories of ranking lists in it.  

The Princeton Review chose the 392 colleges for the book based its surveys in 2025-2026 of 2,000 college administrators about their school's academic offerings. The company also surveyed students attending the colleges in the book who rated their schools on dozens of topics and reported on their campus experiences at them. (Only about 14% of America’s nearly 2,800 four-year colleges are featured in the publication.

“We are thrilled with the continued recognition from Princeton Review,” Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment Leslie Dickerson said. “As Montana’s STEM university, we see our graduates go on to make a difference in their professions and communities. This distinction underscores the value that Montana Tech students place on their education and campus experience.”

The rankings are entirely based on company's surveys of students attending the schools in the book who reported on their campus experiences at their schools.  Surveys of 172,000 students (about 439 per school on average) were tallied for the rankings in The Best 392 Colleges.

Montana Tech appears on the following ranking lists in The Best 392 Colleges: Best West and The Best 392 Colleges.

Information on the methodology for the rankings and the student survey is published in the book and on The Princeton Review’s website here.

Further information about The Princeton Review Best Colleges for 2027 project is posted on PrincetonReview.com.

The Best 392 Colleges is the 35th annual edition of The Princeton Review's flagship college guide which debuted in 1992. It is one of more than 150 Princeton Review books in a line published by Penguin Random House. The book and its annual student-survey-based college rankings have been featured on NBC TODAY more than two dozen times over the years and referenced by media from NPR to The Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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