06 July 2016
Forbes Releases 2016 College Rankings
Forbes released its list of top ranked colleges for 2016.
The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by student satisfaction (25%), post-graduate success (32.5%), student debt (25%), graduation rate (7.5%) and academic success (10%).
At the top of this year's list are:
- Stanford University
- Williams College
- Princeton University
- Harvard University
- MIT
- Yale University
- Pomona College
- Brown University
- Wesleyan University
- Swarthmore College
Click here for the full list.
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