America's Top Colleges

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America's Top Colleges is an annual

, first published in 2008.

History

Forbes rated Princeton University the country's best college in its inaugural (2008) list.[1] The United States Military Academy at West Point took the top honor the following year.[2] Williams College was ranked first both in 2010 and 2011, and Princeton returned to the top spot in 2012.[3][4][5]

In 2013 and 2016,

public school to ever do so.[12][13]
They would be replaced by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022 and Princeton University would return again to the top spot in 2023.

2023 rankings

As of 2023,[14] the top ten colleges, according to "America's Top Colleges" are:

  • "Alumni Salary": 20%[15]
  • "Debt": 15%[15]
  • "Return On investment": 15%[15]
  • "Graduation Rate": 15%[15]
  • "Forbes American Leaders List": 15%[15]
  • "Retention Rate": 10%[15]
  • "Academic Success": 10%[15]

Misreporting

Starting in 2013, four schools that had admitted to misreporting admissions data were removed from the list for two years. The four removed colleges were

Iona College.[16]

References

  1. ^ "America's Best Colleges 2008". Forbes. August 13, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "America's Best Colleges 2009". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Noer, Michael (August 3, 2011). "America's Top Colleges". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Rachel (August 5, 2011). "Williams College Takes Top Spot in Forbes' University Rankings". Time. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Forbes Publishes Rankings of America's Top Colleges: Princeton University is No. 1". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Howard, Caroline. "America's Top Colleges 2013". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Howard, Caroline. "America's Top Colleges 2014". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Howard, Caroline (July 29, 2015). "America's Top Colleges Ranking 2015". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  9. ^ Bravo, Kristina (July 30, 2015). "Pomona College is No. 1 on Forbes list of best in US". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  10. ^ Rand, Jory (July 30, 2015). "Forbes ranks Pomona College as top college in US". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Howard, Caroline. "America's Top Colleges 2016". Forbes. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "Forbes America's Top Colleges List 2021". Forbes. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  13. ^ SFGATE, Amy Graff (September 8, 2021). "SF Bay Area college is the first public university to top Forbes list". SFGATE. Retrieved September 9, 2021.}
  14. ^ "America"s Top Colleges", Forbes, 2023}
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Kreznar, Christian (September 8, 2021). "The nuts-and-bolts underlying our annual list of the best schools". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  16. ^ "'Forbes' Boots 4 Colleges From Its Rankings". Inside Higher Ed. July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2014.