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Forbes Top Colleges

PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:54 am
by ponyte
http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/

SMU #123 which is ahead of UT (#185) and A$M (#178). Behind Rice (#28).

Others, Tulane (#190), Baylor (#276), TCU (#277), Centenary College of Louisiana (#284), University of Tulsa (#344), Beloved Razorbacks (#348), TTU (#423), & OU (#453)


Not bad. Well ahead of the regional competition with the exception of Rice.

Re: Forbes Top Colleges

PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:35 am
by ponyboy
The rankings are based on five general categories: Post Graduate success (30%), which evaluates alumni pay and prominence, Student Satisfaction (27.5%), which includes professor evaluations and freshman to sophomore year retention rates, Debt (17.5%), which penalizes schools for high student debt loads and default rates, Four Year Graduation Rate (17.5%) and Competitive Awards (7.5%), which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships like the Rhodes, the Marshall and the Fulbright


The intention of the Forbes list is to measure overall value.