Overall Best Colleges

Comprehensive ranking based on a composite score combining acceptance rate, graduation rate, earnings potential, and value.

Showing 51–100 of 3,663 colleges

Overall Best Value Top Earnings Most Selective Graduation Rate Best Public Best Private Largest

Rank	College	Location	Type	Score	Composite
51	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, California	Private nonprofit	77.9	77.9
52	Amherst College	Amherst, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	77.9	77.9
53	Emory University-Oxford College	Oxford, Georgia	Private nonprofit	77.8	77.8
54	Emory University	Atlanta, Georgia	Private nonprofit	77.7	77.7
55	Hamilton College	Clinton, New York	Private nonprofit	77.6	77.6
56	Middlebury College	Middlebury, Vermont	Private nonprofit	77.5	77.5
57	New York University	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	77.3	77.3
58	Haverford College	Haverford, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	77.2	77.2
59	United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Public	76.9	76.9
60	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, California	Public	76.7	76.7
61	United States Naval Academy	Annapolis, Maryland	Public	76.7	76.7
62	Curtis Institute of Music	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	76.7	76.7
63	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, California	Public	76.4	76.4
64	Minerva University	San Francisco, California	Private nonprofit	76.3	76.3
65	Bates College	Lewiston, Maine	Private nonprofit	76.0	76.0
66	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	75.7	75.7
67	Lafayette College	Easton, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	75.5	75.5
68	Carleton College	Northfield, Minnesota	Private nonprofit	75.4	75.4
69	Wesleyan University	Middletown, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	74.9	74.9
70	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, California	Public	74.3	74.3
71	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Private nonprofit	73.8	73.8
72	United States Military Academy	West Point, New York	Public	73.7	73.7
73	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Private nonprofit	73.7	73.7
74	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie, New York	Private nonprofit	73.2	73.2
75	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	73.1	73.1
76	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Public	73.1	73.1
77	Rhode Island School of Design	Providence, Rhode Island	Private nonprofit	72.9	72.9
78	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Public	72.7	72.7
79	United States Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point, New York	Public	72.7	72.7
80	University of Richmond	University of Richmond, Virginia	Private nonprofit	72.6	72.6
81	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	72.5	72.5
82	Trinity College	Hartford, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	72.4	72.4
83	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	72.4	72.4
84	Grinnell College	Grinnell, Iowa	Private nonprofit	72.1	72.1
85	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Private nonprofit	72.1	72.1
86	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, Louisiana	Private nonprofit	71.9	71.9
87	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Private nonprofit	71.8	71.8
88	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, Michigan	Private nonprofit	71.7	71.7
89	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	71.5	71.5
90	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Public	71.4	71.4
91	United States Coast Guard Academy	New London, Connecticut	Public	71.3	71.3
92	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Private nonprofit	71.3	71.3
93	Smith College	Northampton, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	71.2	71.2
94	Digital Media Institute	Shreveport, Louisiana	Private nonprofit	71.0	71.0
95	Denison University	Granville, Ohio	Private nonprofit	70.3	70.3
96	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Private nonprofit	70.2	70.2
97	George Washington University	Washington, District of Columbia	Private nonprofit	70.2	70.2
98	Kenyon College	Gambier, Ohio	Private nonprofit	70.2	70.2
99	University of California-Davis	Davis, California	Public	70.0	70.0
100	Pitzer College	Claremont, California	Private nonprofit	70.0	70.0

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