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“投资回报率是留学生和家长们一直以来十分关心的问题。为了让留学的花费物超所值,如何挑选投资回报率高的大学就显得尤为重要。福布斯今年新出炉的一份名为America's Top Colleges的榜单,为留学生和家长提供了一份参考指南。 福布斯新出的这份榜单叫做America's Top Colleges,这个排名方法跟以往的榜单都有所不同。以往的榜单往往主要依据的是学校的学术表现、学科排名、SAT分数、平均GPA和录取率等方面,如果以投资的角度看,我们可以将这些指标视为“投入”指标,即要求学生付出最多努力才能进入的学校名单。 而America's Top Colleges这份榜单则是从“产出”指标来衡量,即最能让学生有所回报的学校名单。榜单所依据的数据主要来源于Center for College Affordability and Productivity、美国教育部及Payscale网站。 衡量指标主要有: 学生毕业后成功率(32.5%) 1. 毕业生早期及职业中期薪资水平(10%) 由Payscale网站提供的毕业校友薪资数据及由美国教育部提供的校友纳税记录综合所得 2. 对社会产生重大影响或有重大成就的校友数量(22.5%) 依据有:福布斯公布的最有影响力的女性、30 Under 30、全球2000名CEO等榜单、诺贝尔奖获得者、普利策奖获得者、各种国家级荣誉获得者、艾美奖、格莱美奖获得者等。 学生贷款率(25%) 1. 平均学生贷款债务额(10%); 2. 学生贷款违约率(12.5%); 3. 采取联邦贷款的学生预计比例vs实际比例(2.5%)。 学生满意度(25%) 1. 成功完成大一升入大二的学生实际比例(12.5%); 2. 成功完成大一升入大二的学生预测比例(2.5%); 3. RateMyProfessors网站上的教授满意度(10%)。 毕业率(7.5%) 1. 实际四年毕业率(5%); 2. 实际/预计四年毕业率(2.5%)。 学术成功率(10%) 1. 获得罗德奖学金、国家科学基金会及富布莱特奖学金的学生数(7.5%); 2. 继续攻读PhD学位的学生数(2.5%)。 你可能会认为,在美国的最高收入者,都来自著名的常春藤盟校,如哈佛或者普林斯顿等。但事实上,调查的结果显示,最高平均工资的校友常常出自,那些参加具有较强的工程课程的小型学院的学生。 当留学生和家长在选择学校的时候,往往会考虑大学的SAT scores、Guest speakers、Football stadiums、Spring concerts等因素,然而真正能够衡量一所大学是否顶尖学府的标准,是不是就只能参考这些数据呢?答案当然是NO!!!【出国留学网 liuxue86.com】 所以,选择一所大学并非一件简单而随便的事情。你应该选择一所不仅能够提供专业技能与生活经验,而且可以帮助你成功成才的大学。 要让明日的产出,对得起今日的投入。 America's Top Colleges 福布斯榜单TOP100
Rank |
Name |
State |
Cost |
Total Student Population |
#1 |
Stanford University |
California |
$64,477 |
16,963 |
#2 |
Williams College |
Massachusetts |
$66,240 |
2,126 |
#3 |
Princeton University |
New Jersey |
$61,160 |
8,088 |
#4 |
Harvard University |
Massachusetts |
$64,400 |
28,791 |
#5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Massachusetts |
$63,250 |
11,319 |
#6 |
Yale University |
Connecticut |
$66,445 |
12,336 |
#7 |
Pomona College |
California |
$64,870 |
1,650 |
#8 |
Brown University |
Rhode Island |
$65,380 |
9,181 |
#9 |
Wesleyan University |
Connecticut |
$65,443 |
3,224 |
#10 |
Swarthmore College |
Pennsylvania |
$64,363 |
1,542 |
#11 |
University of Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
$66,800 |
24,806 |
#12 |
Amherst College |
Massachusetts |
$66,572 |
1,792 |
#13 |
University of Notre Dame |
Indiana |
$64,775 |
12,179 |
#14 |
United States Military Academy |
New York |
$0 |
4,414 |
#15 |
Northwestern University |
Illinois |
$68,060 |
21,554 |
#16 |
Columbia University |
New York |
$69,084 |
27,589 |
#17 |
Dartmouth College |
New Hampshire |
$67,044 |
6,298 |
#18 |
Tufts University |
Massachusetts |
$65,900 |
10,907 |
#19 |
Bowdoin College |
Maine |
$63,440 |
1,805 |
#20 |
University of Chicago |
Illinois |
$70,100 |
15,097 |
#21 |
Georgetown University |
District of Columbia |
$66,971 |
17,858 |
#22 |
Boston College |
Massachusetts |
$65,620 |
14,317 |
#23 |
Haverford College |
Pennsylvania |
$66,648 |
1,194 |
#24 |
United States Naval Academy |
Maryland |
$0 |
4,511 |
#25 |
Davidson College |
North Carolina |
$62,894 |
1,770 |
#26 |
Duke University |
North Carolina |
$66,739 |
15,856 |
#27 |
Carleton College |
Minnesota |
$64,420 |
2,057 |
#28 |
Washington and Lee University |
Virginia |
$61,235 |
2,264 |
#29 |
Cornell University |
New York |
$65,494 |
21,679 |
#30 |
Rice University |
Texas |
$58,253 |
6,621 |
#31 |
Claremont McKenna College |
California |
$66,325 |
1,324 |
#32 |
Wellesley College |
Massachusetts |
$63,390 |
2,323 |
#33 |
Vassar College |
New York |
$65,480 |
2,421 |
#34 |
Middlebury College |
Vermont |
$63,456 |
2,533 |
#35 |
United States Air Force Academy |
Colorado |
$0 |
3,952 |
#36 |
University of Virginia |
Virginia |
$58,745 |
23,732 |
#37 |
Barnard College |
New York |
$65,261 |
2,573 |
#38 |
College of William & Mary |
Virginia |
$55,330 |
8,437 |
#39 |
California Institute of Technology |
California |
$63,471 |
2,209 |
#40 |
University of California, Berkeley |
California |
$59,963 |
37,565 |
#41 |
Colby College |
Maine |
$63,330 |
1,847 |
#42 |
Colgate University |
New York |
$64,800 |
2,888 |
#43 |
Oberlin College |
Ohio |
$66,870 |
2,978 |
#44 |
University of Michigan |
Michigan |
$57,432 |
43,625 |
#45 |
Vanderbilt University |
Tennessee |
$63,532 |
12,686 |
#46 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
California |
$58,099 |
41,845 |
#47 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
North Carolina |
$49,431 |
29,135 |
#48 |
Kenyon College |
Ohio |
$64,360 |
1,662 |
#49 |
Bucknell University |
Pennsylvania |
$65,268 |
3,624 |
#50 |
Hamilton College |
New York |
$63,870 |
1,904 |
#51 |
College of the Holy Cross |
Massachusetts |
$61,524 |
2,787 |
#52 |
Bates College |
Maine |
$64,590 |
1,773 |
#53 |
Whitman College |
Washington |
$59,902 |
1,498 |
#54 |
Smith College |
Massachusetts |
$64,486 |
2,989 |
#55 |
Lafayette College |
Pennsylvania |
$63,680 |
2,503 |
#56 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
Pennsylvania |
$65,640 |
2,209 |
#57 |
Colorado College |
Colorado |
$63,600 |
2,067 |
#58 |
University of Rochester |
New York |
$65,264 |
11,060 |
#59 |
Harvey Mudd College |
California |
$69,355 |
804 |
#60 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Missouri |
$67,751 |
14,348 |
#61 |
Wake Forest University |
North Carolina |
$64,478 |
7,788 |
#62 |
Villanova University |
Pennsylvania |
$62,773 |
10,735 |
#63 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Pennsylvania |
$65,895 |
12,587 |
#64 |
Reed College |
Oregon |
$64,480 |
1,394 |
#65 |
University of Southern California |
California |
$67,212 |
42,453 |
#66 |
Johns Hopkins University |
Maryland |
$65,496 |
21,372 |
#67 |
Emory University |
Georgia |
$63,058 |
14,769 |
#68 |
Macalester College |
Minnesota |
$61,853 |
2,073 |
#69 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Wisconsin |
$43,923 |
42,598 |
#70 |
Bryn Mawr College |
Pennsylvania |
$63,990 |
1,709 |
#71 |
Union College (NY) |
New York |
$64,245 |
2,242 |
#72 |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Illinois |
$44,924 |
45,140 |
#73 |
Grinnell College |
Iowa |
$61,498 |
1,734 |
#74 |
Brandeis University |
Massachusetts |
$65,954 |
5,945 |
#75 |
University of Washington |
Washington |
$49,338 |
44,784 |
#76 |
Lehigh University |
Pennsylvania |
$60,575 |
7,119 |
#77 |
New York University |
New York |
$68,400 |
49,274 |
#78 |
University of Florida |
Florida |
$42,939 |
49,459 |
#79 |
Boston University |
Massachusetts |
$65,906 |
32,112 |
#80 |
Dickinson College |
Pennsylvania |
$64,541 |
2,364 |
#81 |
Connecticut College |
Connecticut |
$64,965 |
1,900 |
#82 |
University of Maryland |
Maryland |
$46,285 |
37,610 |
#83 |
Scripps College |
California |
$66,060 |
988 |
#84 |
Trinity College (CT) |
Connecticut |
$66,420 |
2,408 |
#85 |
Skidmore College |
New York |
$64,850 |
2,646 |
#86 |
Brigham Young University |
Utah |
$17,718 |
30,484 |
#87 |
Wheaton College (IL) |
Illinois |
$45,260 |
2,914 |
#88 |
Santa Clara University |
California |
$63,666 |
9,015 |
#89 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
Georgia |
$45,972 |
23,109 |
#90 |
Kalamazoo College |
Michigan |
$54,766 |
1,461 |
#91 |
DePauw University |
Indiana |
$58,478 |
2,215 |
#92 |
Cooper Union |
New York |
$62,710 |
966 |
#93 |
University of Texas, Austin |
Texas |
$51,192 |
51,313 |
#94 |
Sewanee—University of the South |
Tennessee |
$51,950 |
1,714 |
#95 |
University of Georgia |
Georgia |
$43,344 |
35,197 |
#96 |
Trinity University (TX) |
Texas |
$52,618 |
2,432 |
#97 |
Rhodes College |
Tennessee |
$57,714 |
2,054 |
#98 |
Denison University |
Ohio |
$60,710 |
2,278 |
#99 |
Occidental College |
California |
$67,046 |
2,040 |
#100 |
Centre College |
Kentucky |
$51,030 |
1,387 |
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