Just in time for Earth Day, the 91̽»¨has been rated one of the 15 “greenest” colleges in the country by Princeton Review.
The rating, which appears in The Princeton Review’s , ranked schools based on 10 data points:
- The percentage of food expenditures going toward local organic or environmentally preferable food.
- The presence of programs offering transportation alternatives to single occupancy vehicles.
- Having a campus committee with student participation devoted to advancing sustainability.
- Whether new buildings are required to be LEED Silver certified.
- The school’s overall waste diversion rate.
- Whether the school has an environmental studies major, minor or concentration.
- Whether the school has an “environmental literacy” requirement.
- Whether the school has produced a publicly available greenhouse gas emissions inventory and adopted a climate action plan consistent with 80 percent greenhouse gas reductions by 2050.
- The percentage of school’s energy consumption derived from renewable resources.
- Whether the school employs a dedicated fulltime sustainability officer.
A total of 697 colleges and universities were rated. A numerical score from 60 to 99 was assigned to each school, and only those schools achieving a score of 99 were named to Princeton’s “Green Rating Honor Roll.”