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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What on earth were their criteria?

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Forbes is a business journal.  They tend to factor in finances, ROI, name brand grad placements, etc.  A private school with very little ROI for its tuition might not fare well under Forbes.  A public school with a good ROI gets brownie points.  Makes sense.  [/quote]

Then how do you explain Williams, Amherst, Bowdown, Pomona etc. all in the top 20.  And even Bates #29.  [/quote]

Not sure of your question.  If these grads do well after graduation, relative to the tuition, less F/A, grants, etc., their rankings would be relatively high.  Of course, Forbes factor in the typical USNews ranking criteria such as academic rigor, etc.  Check Forbes' methodology for a better picture.

All the ranking games out there use different methodologies.  Washington Monthly tends to be concerned with social justice issues, more so than Forbes.  So, upward mobility of graduates is important to its ranking.  I believe Sierra Club has its own ranking, the greenest college in the USA.  Harvard, Yale, Princeton might not make its cut.  [/quote]

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