Trinity College Dublin a ‘Best Buy’ in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2016
Posted on 21 July 2015
For the third year in a row Trinity College Dublin has been selected as one of 20 ‘Best Buy’ public colleges and universities in the renowned U.S. publication the Fiske Guide to Colleges Best Buys of 2016. For more than 30 years, Fiske Guide to Colleges has chosen a select group of schools, noted for quality academic offerings and affordable cost, for its annual Best Buy list.
Trinity is the only Irish university to feature in the guide and joins the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews as featured international universities.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges is the best-selling and most respected of the college guides published in the U.S. and is read by millions of students, parents, and guidance counselors. In addition to 20 public institutions, 24 private institutions were highlighted in the list.
Compiled by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske, the Fiske Guide to Colleges (www.fiskeguide.com) describes over 300 of the best colleges and universities in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Readers of the guide have an opportunity to discover the character of the university through student comments, descriptions of the campus setting, housing, extracurricular activities, social life and academic ratings.