Kiplinger's college rankings 2016

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Kiplinger’s rankings based on quality and financial measures for 2016:

Top 50 Private Universities:

  1. Princeton
  2. Harvard
  3. Vanderbilt
  4. Rice
  5. Yale
  6. Duke
  7. Cal-T
  8. MIT
  9. Stanford
  10. Emory
  11. Dartmouth
  12. Brown
  13. UPENN
  14. Cornell
  15. Northwestern

Top Private, LAC, & Public:

  1. W&L
  2. Princeton
  3. Harvard
  4. Davidson
  5. Swarthmore
  6. Vanderbilt
  7. Rice
  8. Pomona
  9. Yale
  10. UNC
  11. Duke
  12. Kenyon
  13. Williams
  14. Wesleyan
  15. Cal-T
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As always, your mileage may vary.