American College Rankings in 2010

Forbes has announced the list of public and private colleges and universities rankings in 2010. Forbes’ methodology includes the following percentages: Listing of Alumni in the Who’s Who in America (25 percent), student evaluations of professors from Ratemyprofessors.com (25 percent), 4-year graduation rates (16 2/3 percent), enrollment-adjusted numbers of students and faculty receiving nationally competitive awards (16 2/3 percent), average four year accumulated student debt of those borrowing money (16 2/3 percent).

The top 50 colleges in America:

Rank	Name	State	Cost	Total Student Population
1	Williams College	MA	49,530	2,072
2	Princeton University	NJ	49,830	7,330
3	Amherst College	MA	50,230	1,697
4	United States Military Academy	NY	0	4,553
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	50,100	10,299
6	Stanford University	CA	51,760	17,833
7	Swarthmore College	PA	50,381	1,490
8	Harvard University	MA	50,250	26,496
9	Claremont McKenna College	CA	50,990	1,212
10	Yale University	CT	51,400	10,192
11	United States Air Force Academy	CO	0	4,537
12	Wellesley College	MA	50,026	2,498
13	Columbia University	NY	51,406	23,196
14	Haverford College	PA	51,637	1,169
15	Wesleyan University	CT	51,935	3,149
16	Whitman College	WA	46,212	1,458
17	Pomona College	CA	49,745	1,532
18	Northwestern University	IL	52,120	19,291
19	California Institute of Technology	CA	48,990	2,126
20	University of Chicago	IL	53,310	14,788
21	Carleton College	MN	50,000	1,983
22	Harvey Mudd College	CA	50,073	738
23	Vassar College	NY	51,370	2,389
24	Centre College	KY	39,200	1,197
25	Rice University	TX	43,586	5,357
26	Middlebury College	VT	52,460	2,455
27	Boston College	MA	52,060	14,836
28	Colgate University	NY	51,090	2,844
29	United States Naval Academy	MD	1,000	4,488
30	Dartmouth College	NH	50,547	5,848
31	Colby College	ME	50,120	1,847
32	Kenyon College	OH	49,260	1,644
33	University of Notre Dame	IN	49,030	11,731
34	Tufts University	MA	51,400	10,030
35	Smith College	MA	50,588	3,101
36	University of Pennsylvania	PA	51,299	24,107
37	Washington and Lee University	VA	49,268	2,155
38	Bryn Mawr College	PA	50,060	1,745
39	College of the Holy Cross	MA	49,102	2,898
40	Bowdoin College	ME	50,570	1,723
41	Duke University	NC	50,925	14,060
42	Wabash College	IN	37,750	911
43	Vanderbilt University	TN	52,303	12,093
44	University of Virginia	VA	40,709	24,541
45	Brown University	RI	50,560	8,318
46	College of William and Mary	VA	39,886	7,892
47	Rhodes College	TN	43,680	1,678
48	Davidson College	NC	45,725	1,668
49	Union College	NY	50,060	2,240
50	Lawrence University	WI	42,301	1,496