12 April 2018
Forbes Releases Best Value College Rankings for 2018
Forbes released its list of America's Best Value Colleges for 2018.
The Forbes ranking methodology is driven by alumni earnings (20%), net price (20%), net debt (20%), school quality (20%), timely graduation (10%) and Pell grant recipients (10%).
At the top of this year's list:
- UCLA
- University of California - Berkeley
- Brigham Young University
- University of California - Irvine
- University of Washington - Seattle
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- Princeton University
- University of California - San Diego
- Amherst College
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