The Top Schools For Accessible Professors

The Top Schools For Accessible Professors by: Naomi Nishihara on August 15, 2014 | 0 Comments Comments 1,592 Views August 15, 2014Access to professors is the main reason we go to college. Sure, making new friends and learning to live on your own are great too but the benefit of learning from experts is what makes college education so important to future employers.Consequently, that’s why we spend so much time and money on school, and why it’s a bit of a let down if you can’t actually get to know your professors. Between their teaching and research demands, the amount of time professors allot to students is usually limited to class and office hours.It’s hard to say if students would actually utilize opportunities to hang out with professors outside of these times, but you can pinpoint the schools whose students say it’s easy to make that happen. Every year The Princeton Review lists the top 20 schools with the Most Accessible Professors. The li st is compiled with the survey question: How accessible are your instructors outside the classroom?The schools that appear on the list every year theoretically have good student-to-professor relationships. However, of the 50 schools that have made the list in the past six years, only three the United States Military Academy, Claremont McKenna College, and Sweet Briar College were listed every time. Eighteen  schools were only listed once.The high turnover on this list suggests that  there are many schools of approximately equal professor accessibility or that professor accessibility varies widely from  year to year. Either way, its quite an  accomplishment to stay on the list for more than a few.Here are the schools with the Most Accessible Professors:The Most Accessible Professors Rankings From 2015 to 2010.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;} .tftable th {font-size:12px;background-color:#acc8 cc;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;} .tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;} .tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;} .tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}2015 Rank School201520142013201220112010  United States Military Academy  1  1  1  1  4  1  Claremont McKenna College  2  2  4  13  12  10  St. Johns College (NM)  3  5  NR  NR  17  15  Webb Institute  4  3  NR  16  6  7  Swarthmore College  5  8  NR  NR  NR  NR  Bennington College  6  9  NR  NR  NR  NR  Bard College (NY)  7  14  NR  NR  NR  NR  Hillsdale College  8  10  8  NR  NR  NR  College of the Holy Cross  9  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  Grinnell College  10  6  NR  NR  NR  NR  Hamilton College  11  13  NR  NR  NR  NR  Whitman College  12  NR  20  NR  NR  NR  Centre College  13  12  NR  NR  NR  NR  Wake Forest University  14  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  College of the Atlantic  15  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  The College of Idaho  16  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  Scripps College  17  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  Sweet Briar College  18  16  7  7  3  2  Beloit College  19  20  NR  NR  NR  NR  United States Naval Academy  20  NR  6  4  2  9  Whittenberg University  NR  4  14  NR  NR  NR  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology  NR  7  NR  NR  16  NR  University of Puget Sound  NR  11  9  NR  15  14  United States Coast Guard Academy  NR  15  3  2  11  NR  Reed College  NR  19  12  6  NR  NR  Southern Methodist University  NR  NR  2  9  NR  NR  Davidson College  NR  NR  5  NR  NR  NR  Wellesley College  NR  NR  10  NR  13  11  Pomona Colle ge  NR  NR  11  3  NR  NR  Skidmore College  NR  NR  13  8  19  NR  St. Johns College (MD)  NR  NR  15  NR  NR  18  Hampden-Sydney College  NR  NR  16  18  8  5  Randolph College  NR  NR  17  NR  NR  NR  United States Air Force Academy  NR  NR  18  5  1  4  Wabash College  NR  NR  19  12  7  3  Williams College  NR  NR  NR  10  5  8  Sarah Lawrence College  NR  NR  NR  11  NR  NR  Amherst College  NR  NR  NR  14  NR  NR  Franklin Marshall College  NR  NR  NR  15  NR  NR  Colgate University  NR  NR  NR  17  9  13  Ohio University Athens  NR  NR  NR  19  NR  NR  Muhlenberg College  NR  NR  NR  20  NR  NR  Stonehill College  NR  NR  NR  NR  10  17  Harvey Mudd College  NR  NR  NR  NR  14  12  Loyola Marymount University  NR  NR  NR  NR  18  NR  Bryn Mawr College  NR  NR  NR  NR  20  NR  Lawrence University  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  6  Davidson College  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  16  Bowdoin College  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  19  Simons Rock College of Bard  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  20Source: The Princeton ReviewDON’T MISS:  Universities With The Happiest Students Universities With The Least Happy Students Schools With The Best Classroom Experience The Princeton Review: 2015 Rankings Page 1 of 11