WALLETHUB News:With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming Nov. 1 and the price of college tuition and fees rising three times faster than inflation over a decade, the personal-finance website WalletHub has 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)
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16
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University of Notre Dame (IN)
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2
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Princeton University (NJ)
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17
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Dartmouth College (NH)
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3
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Harvard University (MA)
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18
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Vanderbilt University (TN)
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4
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Stanford University (CA)
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19
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Williams College (MA)
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5
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California Institute of Technology (CA)
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20
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University of Chicago (IL)
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6
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Yale University (CT)
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21
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University of California-Los Angeles (CA)
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7
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Duke University (NC)
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22
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Northwestern University (IL)
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8
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University of Pennsylvania (PA)
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23
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Amherst College (MA)
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9
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Columbia University (NY)
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24
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Swarthmore College (PA)
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10
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Rice University (TX)
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25
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Cornell University (NY)
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11
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University of California-Berkeley (CA)
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26
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Georgetown University (DC)
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12
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Harvey Mudd College (CA)
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27
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University of Virginia (VA)
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13
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Johns Hopkins University (MD)
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28
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NC)
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14
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Brown University (RI)
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29
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Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
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15
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Pomona College (CA)
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30
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Vassar College (NY)
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To view the full reports, 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/