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Forbes ranking of the best U.S. colleges in 2017, by overall payoff

Forbes ranking of the best colleges in the United States in 2017

The data displays the best colleges in the U.S. in 2017, as ranked by Forbes. The top ranked university for that year was Harvard University in Massachusetts. Students are expected to pay tuition costs of 64,400 USD annually.

The Forbes rankings are based on five categories: post graduate success, student satisfaction, student debt, four year graduation rate and competitive awards.

Harvard University (Massachusetts) 64400 46508
Stanford University (California) 64477 43118
Yale University (Connecticut) 66445 45806
Princeton University (New Jersey) 61160 41764
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts) 63250 39339
California Institute of Technology (California) 63471 37777
University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) 66800 40276
Duke University (North Carolina) 66739 42704
Brown University (Rhode Island) 65380 39737
Pomona College (California) 64870 44209
Claremont McKenna College (California) 66325 34321
Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) 67044 43785
Williams College (Massachusetts) 66240 42474
Columbia University (New York) 69084 48926
Cornell University (New York) 65494 34941
University of Chicago (Illinois) 70100 34465
Amherst College (Massachusetts) 66572 47145
Harvey Mudd College (California) 69355 32098
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) 64363 40870
United States Naval Academy (Maryland) 0 0