Forbes - America's Best Colleges

[Mestengo]

The best public and private colleges and universities, from the student's point of view.

SMU 109


http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/bes ... tner=shine

[RE Tycoon]

109 sounded like [deleted] to me, but after I looked through the rankings, we are the second best rated college in Texas after Rice (#25).

Also ahead of these schools:

- USC - 112
- UT - 138
- Tulane - 151
- A&M - 194
- Baylor - 346
- Tulsa - 367
- Tech - 385
- TCU - 426
- UH - 549
- NTSU - 566
- Memphis - 583

Methodology

--Do students enjoy their classes and overall academic experience?
--Do graduates succeed well in their occupations after college?
--Do most students graduate in a timely fashion, typically four years?
--Do students incur massive debts while in schools?
--Do students succeed in distinguishing themselves academically?

We use more than 10 factors in compiling these rankings, with no single factor counting as much as 20%. The rankings are objectively determined, with the only subjective judgments being those of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Forbes as to which factors to include and the weights to be used in evaluating each factor.

[Alysa]

Princeton #2. That's my alma mater. Then I married a Tenafly guy!

[Get_Some_Ponies]

Memphis 200 spots behind Tech? Really?

[leopold]

Memphis is a commuter school like Houston with little or no student involvement. Not surprising at all.

[smupony94]

Memphis 200 spots behind Tech? Really?

Tech is better than Memphis (shutters about that thought). Memphis is more like UH

[centexstang]

look in todays Parade magazine and see SMU listed in their business and accounting schools

[RE Tycoon]

We are listed under "Large Private Colleges". Not the best picture of campus.

http://www.parade.com/news/2010/08/22-p ... -list.html