NEW YORK, NY - With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1 and the price of college tuition and fees rising three times faster than inflation over a decade, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2018’s Best College & University Rankings, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.
To help college-bound seniors make the most informed school choices, WalletHub’s analysts compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 26 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.
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Top 30 Colleges & Universities in America |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA) |
16 |
University of Notre Dame (IN) |
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2 |
Princeton University (NJ) |
17 |
Dartmouth College (NH) |
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3 |
Harvard University (MA) |
18 |
Vanderbilt University (TN) |
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4 |
Stanford University (CA) |
19 |
Williams College (MA) |
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5 |
California Institute of Technology (CA) |
20 |
University of Chicago (IL) |
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6 |
Yale University (CT) |
21 |
University of California-Los Angeles (CA) |
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7 |
Duke University (NC) |
22 |
Northwestern University (IL) |
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8 |
University of Pennsylvania (PA) |
23 |
Amherst College (MA) |
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9 |
Columbia University (NY) |
24 |
Swarthmore College (PA) |
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10 |
Rice University (TX) |
25 |
Cornell University (NY) |
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11 |
University of California-Berkeley (CA) |
26 |
Georgetown University (DC) |
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12 |
Harvey Mudd College (CA) |
27 |
University of Virginia (VA) |
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13 |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
28 |
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NC) |
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14 |
Brown University (RI) |
29 |
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) |
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15 |
Pomona College (CA) |
30 |
Vassar College (NY) |
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To view the full reports, please visit:
Best Colleges & Universities Overall: https://wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/
Best Colleges: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-colleges-in-the-us-ranking/40748/
Best Universities: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-universities-in-usa-ranking/39704/
