With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1 and tuition costs having more than doubled since the 1980s, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2019’s Best College & University Rankings as well as accompanying videos, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.
To help college-bound seniors make the most informed school choices, WalletHub compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 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.
| Top 30 Colleges & Universities in America | |||||
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA) | 16 | University of Chicago (IL) | ||
| 2 | Princeton University (NJ) | 17 | Georgia Institute of Technology (GA) | ||
| 3 | Yale University (CT) | 18 | Northwestern University (IL) | ||
| 4 | Harvard University (MA) | 19 | Pomona College (CA) | ||
| 5 | California Institute of Technology (CA) | 20 | Johns Hopkins University (MD) | ||
| 6 | Duke University (NC) | 21 | Amherst College (MA) | ||
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania (PA) | 22 | Dartmouth College (NH) | ||
| 8 | Columbia University (NY) | 23 | Harvey Mudd College (CA) | ||
| 9 | Rice University (TX) | 24 | University of Notre Dame (IN) | ||
| 10 | Stanford University (CA) | 25 | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | ||
| 11 | University of California-Berkeley (CA) | 26 | Washington University in St. Louis (MO) | ||
| 12 | Vanderbilt University (TN) | 27 | Georgetown University (DC) | ||
| 13 | Brown University (RI) | 28 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI) | ||
| 14 | Williams College (MA) | 29 | Swarthmore College (PA) | ||
| 15 | University of California-Los Angeles (CA) | 30 | University of Virginia (VA) | ||
To view the full reports, please visit:
Best Colleges & Universities Overall: http://wallethub.com/edu/
Best Colleges: https://wallethub.com/edu/
Best Universities: https://wallethub.com/edu/