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America's Best Colleges

Princeton tops annual list from Forbes

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 1, 2012 4:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – Forbes is out with its annual list of the nation's best bang-for-your-buck colleges, with its rankings based on five criteria: post-graduate success, student satisfaction, debt, graduation rate, and competitive awards. The top five:

  1. Princeton (annual cost: $53,934)
  2. Williams College ($57,141)
  3. Stanford ($57,755)
  4. University of Chicago ($59,950)
  5. Yale ($58,250)
Click to read the whole list, which has the University of Virginia as the highest-ranked public school at No. 36.

Princeton University is No. 1.
Princeton University is No. 1.   (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)
Williams College is No. 2.
Williams College is No. 2.   (AP Photo/The Berkshire Eagle, Darren Vanden Berge)
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ladyrosedeky
Aug 1, 2012 8:59 PM CDT
Well, as they say it takes money to make money. Now the one thing I found interesting was Forbes listed two military colleges as the best liberal arts colleges. Who knew. Now the equalizer there is if you served in the military, your children have preference so if you can get your children to focus on their studies and excel, they have a stellar chance of being selected. And if not there, getting a full ride scholarship at least a prestigious school.
SPHeroid
Aug 1, 2012 8:00 PM CDT
There are those that want to make money....... There are those that want knowledge and understanding..... IMO those knowledge seeker are "richer"......
shays
Aug 1, 2012 7:05 PM CDT
It looks like someone is misinformed about costs.  Texas A&M and UT's costs are about $20,000/year including living expenses (8000 ish tuition)....not 36,000 and 47,000 - as reported.  How counterintuitive is it that the most expensive schools would yield the lowest debts?   Who is this flawed report for anyway?  If a middle class student attended one of the top 35 schools, they would suffer the financial repercussions for years to come.
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