The Princeton Review®—one of the nation’s leading education services companies—has reported its 2025 Best Colleges rankings, where Allegheny College has again been named one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education and a best value as reported in the 2025 edition of “The Best 390 Colleges.”
Most notably, Allegheny has been named #4 for Top 20 Schools for Making an Impact, a significant achievement in the lives of students, alumni and the community. The designation is based on student survey responses to questions covering community service opportunities, student government, sustainability efforts, and on-campus student engagement.
With Allegheny named as one of the Best Northeastern Colleges and one of the Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact, the school marks an important distinction for today’s students, who are particularly in tune with making a difference. Other schools named on this list are Pomona College, Emory University, and Brown University.
A strong example of making a difference is the Allegheny College Bonner Program, launched in 1998. The program has cultivated the next generation of leaders. Bonner students are changemakers dedicated to social justice, diversity, and civic engagement. Over 75+ Bonner Programs exist in the country. However, Allegheny College is distinguished as one of three institutions with a hybrid model comprising half of Bonner Leaders and Scholars, which started in 2005.
Additionally, Allegheny College’s Community Impact Hub supports efforts to build a more just, resilient, and flourishing place. Through this collaborative network, students are mentored to apply and integrate their knowledge, develop leadership skills, discern career paths and develop a commitment to engaged citizenship. The “Hub” consists of five Impact Teams which work together using a “Collective Impact” model to identify common goals and outcomes.
Within the Impact Teams, faculty and students actively engage in initiatives aimed to support the region’s capacity-building and community improvement efforts. This includes integrating community projects into the college’s curriculum and engagement activities. Students are exposed to the real-world complexities and challenges faced by communities and receive mentoring from experienced community practitioners.
The Princeton Review also notes that the Allegheny campus is “one of the country’s oldest and most dynamic private liberal arts institutions” and a premier college for students with different interests, skills, and talents.
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