Forbes names W&M a ‘top college’

Despite our air-headed reputation, greater L.A. has no shortage of great institutions of higher learning.

UCLA and USC aren’t bad, either.

YSU ranks 649 of 650 schools on the list released Wednesday by the magazine in partnership with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

“We appreciate the recognition for our faculty, staff and students”.

The annual report uses several different factors-including student satisfaction, post-graduate success, student debt, four-year graduation rate and academic success-to help determine the ranking of each college.

Forbes notes that it’s, like, smaller than your high school, with a “population” of 1,610.

Pomona College is part of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of five undergraduate liberal arts colleges and two graduate institutions in the city of Claremont in the San Gabriel Valley.

“The debate about whether U.S. higher education is worth the price is over when it comes to these outstanding colleges, “Forbes says in a statement”.

CSUF was named the top campus in the large school division after being named the overall victor in last year’s inaugural campaign.

Following Pomona College on the list were Williams College, Stanford University, Princeton University, Yale University, Harvard University, Swarthmore College, Brown University, Amherst College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. L.A.’s big hitters, Caltech (33),.UCLA (45) and USC (71) barely registered.

Photo by Pomona College in Wikimedia Commons. The University of California at Berkeley is first in that category.

Forbes says their rankings differ from those of other publications as a result of their focus on “output” over “input”.