America's Best Colleges

College rankings are based on five criteria:

a. graduation rate (how good a college is at helping its students finish on time);

b. the number of national and global awards won by students and faculty;

c. students' satisfaction with their instructors;

d. average debt upon graduation; and

e. postgraduate vocational success as measured by a recent graduate's average salary and alumni achievement.

Rank	Name	State	Cost	Freshman Class Size
1	United States Military Academy	NY	0	1,263
2	Princeton University	NJ	49,830	1,243
3	California Institute of Technology	CA	48,990	236
4	Williams College	MA	49,530	540
5	Harvard University	MA	50,250	1,666
6	Wellesley College	MA	50,026	596
7	United States Air Force Academy	CO	0	1,286
8	Amherst College	MA	50,230	439
9	Yale University	CT	51,400	1,318
10	Stanford University	CA	51,760	1,703
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	50,100	1,048
12	Swarthmore College	PA	50,381	372
13	Columbia University	NY	51,406	1,356
14	Centre College	KY	39,200	336
15	Haverford College	PA	51,637	327
16	Boston College	MA	52,060	2,167
17	Northwestern University	IL	52,120	2,078
18	Bowdoin College	ME	50,570	488
19	Vassar College	NY	51,370	638
20	Whitman College	WA	46,212	401
21	University of Chicago	IL	53,310	1,306
22	Kenyon College	OH	49,260	456
23	Carleton College	MN	50,000	489
24	Colby College	ME	50,120	482
25	Middlebury College	VT	52,460	576

Rank	Name	State	Cost	Freshman Class Size
26	Union College	NY	50,060	580
27	Claremont McKenna College	CA	50,990	320
28	Pomona College	CA	49,745	382
29	Colgate University	NY	51,090	738
30	United States Naval Academy	MD	1,000	1,232
31	Smith College	MA	50,588	643
32	Wabash College	IN	37,750	253
33	Harvey Mudd College	CA	50,073	202
34	Washington and Lee University	VA	49,268	454
35	Bryn Mawr College	PA	50,060	366
36	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	50,100	588
37	Wesleyan University	CT	51,935	715
38	Brandeis University	MA	50,148	754
39	Tufts University	MA	51,400	1,297
40	Barnard College	NY	51,976	567
41	Lawrence University	WI	42,301	382
42	DePauw University	IN	42,175	600
43	Rice University	TX	43,586	789
44	Reed College	OR	49,960	330
45	Washington University, St. Louis	MO	52,464	1,426
46	Bucknell University	PA	50,250	957
47	Mount Holyoke College	MA	51,516	518
48	College of William and Mary	VA	20,806	1,387
49	Hamilton College	NY	50,210	462
50	University of Notre Dame	IN	49,030	2,000