Palm Beach Atlantic University is one of the best colleges in the Southeast according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review. It is one of 135 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the Southeast" section of its website feature, "2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region," that posted August 1, 2011 on PrincetonReview.com. In the profile on Palm Beach Atlantic University on its site, The Princeton Review describes the college as standing out for the friendliness of the student body.
“This recognition by The Princeton Review acknowledges PBA’s outstanding faculty and the high caliber of our academic programs,” said the University’s Interim President William M. B. Fleming, Jr. “Our campus is truly blessed with a special location but we offer much more.”