The Times Union reports that 12 colleges in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley are on The Princeton Review’s annual “Best 389 Colleges” list for 2024. Bard College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are the nearest, but Siena College, Skidmore College Union College, Vassar, Marist, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Sarah Lawrence, Iona, Manhattanville, and SUNY Purchase also made the list. The Princeton Review's list comes from a survey of 165,000 students nationwide, not from the university of the same name. Read more about this story in the Times Union.