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" Methodology for choosing CosmoGirl&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;100 Best Colleges&amp;quot; The the top 100 co-ed colleges for CosmoGirls were selected from more than 600 U.S. colleges and universities, based on 19 data points. Eleven of those points were from answers The Princeton Review culled directly from 80,000 female college students about their opinions of the following: campus safety; recreational/athletic facilities; average class size; average lab size; student friendliness; degree of social and ethnic diversity on campus; city or town suitability; individual student happiness; the quality of professor instruction; career/job placement services and internship popularity. Another eight institutional data points, acquired by the Princeton Review directly from the schools, were based on the following: availability of women&amp;#039;s center services; above-average number of women&amp;#039;s varsity sports teams; above-average number of women&amp;#039;s club sports teams; greater than 80 percent of those students determined to have financial need who received some financial aid; greater than 85 percent of average need met for students who were awarded any need-based aid; women exceeding 50 percent of faculty; student-to-faculty ratio less than 12:1; small average class size; whether the school sponsors programs specifically designed to help entrepreneurial students launch businesses; and whether the school offers experiential learning opportunities with entrepreneurs for students. NOTE: There is an allowance for some variation among statistics because each school has its own method for determining costs and tuition, curriculum, class size, etc. Our statistics for tuition are based on the 2008-2009 academic year, all others are from the 2007-2008 academic year. Contact the school for the most up-to-date information. Unless otherwise noted, tuition costs do not include room and board, fees, books, or any other expenses. Some schools included mandatory fees along with tuition; others separated out only tuition costs. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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