CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Colleges
(http://www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the
best values in undergraduate and graduate college education, has
released its first annual Top 50 Best Value Colleges ranking at
http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-value-colleges/.
With the Top 50 Best Value Colleges ranking, Value Colleges has
developed a well-researched and considered list of the best college
values, top performing, regionally accredited schools that give the
highest returns for the lowest costs.
Our list ranks schools using the following criteria to find a
balance between financial and educational priorities:
*20-year net ROI
*Graduation rate
*Average debt
Information was compiled from payscale.com, The Princeton
Review, and IPEDS.
Schools making the list include (in alphabetical order):
Amherst College - Amherst, MA
Boston College - Boston, MA
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Brown University - Providence, RI
Bucknell University - Lewisburg, PA
California Institute of Technology -
Pasadena, CA
Clemson University - Clemson, SC
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY
College of William and Mary -
Williamsburg, VA
Columbia University - New York, NY
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
Duke University - Durham, NC
Emory University - Atlanta, GA
George Mason University -
Fairfax, VA
Georgia Institute of Technology -
Atlanta, GA
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Harvey Mudd College - Claremont, CA
James Madison University -
Harrisonburg, VA
Johns Hopkins University -
Baltimore, MD
Lafayette College - Easton, PA
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology - Cambridge,
MA
Missouri Tech - Saint Charles, MO
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ
Rice University - Houston, TX
Smith College - Northampton, MA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA
SUNY - Stony Brook - Stony
Brook, NY
SUNY - Binghamton University - Binghamton, NY
Tufts University - Medford/Somerville,
MA
University of California - Berkeley
- Berkeley, CA
University of California - Davis -
Davis, CA
University of California - Irvine -
Irvine, CA
University of California - San Diego
- San Diego, CA
University of Colorado- Boulder,
CO
University of Florida- Gainesville, FL
University of Georgia - Athens, GA
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign - Urbana,
IL
University of Maryland - College
Park, MD
University of North Carolina - Chapel
Hill, NC
University of Notre Dame -
South Bend, IN
University of Pennsylvania -
Philadelphia, PA
University of Texas - Austin, TX
University of Virginia -
Charlottesville, VA
University of Wisconsin- Madison,
WI
Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
Wake Forest University -
Winston-Salem, NC
Williams College - Williamstown, MA
Yale University - New Haven, CT
Value Colleges Editor, Carrie
Sealey-Morris, explains, "The quality and reputation of a
school is a key to value." While a college with a cheap sticker
price or low standards may be attractive to students who just want
the paper, "a degree from a school with a good reputation ensures
that employers will put your resume at the top of the stack, and
the connections you can make at a well-known school may help you
skip that resume stage altogether." For that reason, Sealey-Morris
suggests considering schools that other students may see as out of
their league: "Don't let the sticker price stop you from applying
to the best values."
Value Colleges is an independent, online resource with one
mission: to help prospective students find the best educational
value in their chosen field. At Value Colleges future students can
find rankings for the top investments in online and residential
college degrees, advice on making the best decisions about finances
when in college, and explanations of commonly-misunderstood aspects
of college costs.
Carrie Sealey-Morris
Editor, Value Colleges
(512) 710-9901
Email
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