25 August 2018
Forbes Releases 2018 College Rankings
Forbes released its list of top ranked colleges for 2018.
The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by alumni salary (20%), debt (20%), student experience (20%), American Leaders List (15%), academic success (12.5%) and graduation rate (12.5%).
At the top of this year's list are:
- Harvard University
- Yale University
- Stanford University
- MIT
- Princeton
- Caltech
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brown University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
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