The results are in, and Williams College has been ranked the number one college in America by Forbes. Each ranking system uses different criteria to determine the top colleges, and Forbes attempts to rank the best schools from the student’s point of view. “Students have varying tastes, preferences, academic abilities and financial situations, so the ‘best’ school for each student depends not only on overall quality as measured by rankings such as this one, but other considerations specific to individual students,” they explain.
Here is what Forbes consider the most important criteria:
- Do students enjoy their classes and overall academic experience?
- Do graduates succeed well in their occupations after college?
- Do most students graduate in a timely fashion, typically four years?
- Do students incur massive debts while in schools?
- Do students succeed in distinguishing themselves academically?
Here are the top ten results:
4. United States Military Academy (West Point)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10. Yale University
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posted on August 12th, 2010
by Margaret,
Tags: america's best colleges, college rankings, forbes, Williams College
Posted in News | 4 Comments »
August 23rd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
[...] Forbes Ranks Colleges from the Student’s Perspective [...]
August 18th, 2010 at 10:54 am
[...] two reports obviously have different criteria. Forbes specializes in ranking colleges with a high level of student input. The first question in their [...]
August 12th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Great list; great criteria; great idea to poll from the students’ perspective.
August 12th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
I wonder if they polled the US Naval Academy students, everyone I know there is obsessed with their school/careers… and University of Florida, Gator Nation has so much pride!