2013 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Best Value Schools
For the majority of prospective college students and their families, cost is a major factor in determining which schools are viable options. Knowing which schools are best buys--which colleges provide the highest quality education for the lowest price--is imperative.
To help provide that information, U.S. News surveys colleges and universities each year and ranks nearly 1,400 of them in different categories according to our methodology.
Here, we offer a sneak peek of the 2013 Best Colleges rankings.
These schools--listed alphabetically--are considered the top 10 Best Value Schools among those in the National Universities category:
National University (state) |
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California Institute of Technology |
Columbia University (NY) |
Dartmouth College (NH) |
Duke University (NC) |
Harvard University (MA) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Princeton University (NJ) |
Rice University (TX) |
Stanford University (CA) |
Yale University (CT) |
These schools--listed alphabetically--are considered the top 10 Best Value Schools among those in the National Liberal Arts Colleges category:
National Liberal Arts College (state) |
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Amherst College (MA) |
Bowdoin College (ME) |
Grinnell College (IA) |
Haverford College (PA) |
Pomona College (CA) |
Soka University of America (CA) |
Swarthmore College (PA) |
Vassar College (NY) |
Wellesley College (MA) |
Williams College (MA) |
The actual Best Value rankings of these and other schools will be available Sept. 12, 2012, on usnews.com.
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