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Sep 8, 2021 · For the first time on Forbes’ Top Colleges ranking — and any major college ranking—a public school tops the list, besting all the Ivies—including Harvard.
Aug 22, 2024 · Basic Statistic Forbes ranking of the best U.S. colleges 2024, by debt and median 10-year salary
- University of Pennsylvania: 17 Graduates
- (tie): Harvard University: 11 Graduates
- (tie): Yale University: 11 Graduates
- University of Southern California: 10 Graduates
- Stanford University: 9 Graduates
- Princeton University: 8 Graduates
- (tie): Columbia University: 7 Graduates
- (tie): Cornell University: 7 Graduates
- (tie): University of Michigan: 7 Graduates
- (tie): Dartmouth College: 6 Graduates
Penn reclaimed its title of most alumni on the Forbes list this year, after placing second in 2021 and first in 2019. It’s the alma mater of the richest person in America: Elon Musk, who graduated in 1997 with physics and economics degrees. Other Penn alumni include investor and widow of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs–who returned ...
Harvard slipped from the top spot last year, but it didn’t fall far. Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is the richest Harvard grad on the list, ranked No. 8 on The Forbes 400. Nathan Blecharczyk, cofounder and chief strategy officer of Airbnb, is one of only 10 members of the 400 under 40 years old. The founder and C...
Nearly half of Yale’s graduates on The Forbes 400 come from two families. The Marses, of pet food and candy giant Mars Inc., have 3 Yalies on the list: John Mars, who is company chairman, and his nieces Valerie and Victoria Mars. The oil-rich Bass family has two: brothers Robert and Sid Bass. Stephen Schwarzman, the cofounder and CEO of The Blackst...
George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, earned his bachelor of fine arts at USC before becoming a major donor to the university. Lucas gave $175 million to USC’s cinema school, at the time the largest single donation in USC history. Other alumni include Rick Caruso, a real estate developer who is running for mayor of Lo...
Stanford ranked second only to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Forbes’ 2022 America’s Top Colleges ranking, which considers the number of alumni on The Forbes 400 as part of its methodology. Stanford counts a number of tech entrepreneurs among its graduates, including Snapchat co-creators Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, PayPal cofounder...
Princeton boasts four alumni in the top 40 of The Forbes 400, the most of any school. The second richest person in America, Jeff Bezos, studied electrical engineering and computer science at Princeton. It’s also the alma mater of his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, who graduated with a degree in English. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and investor Carl Ic...
Robert Kraft, CEO of the Kraft Group and owner of the New England Patriots, is Columbia’s richest alumnus, worth an estimated $10.6 billion. Rocco Commisso, CEO of Mediacom, is the namesake of Columbia’s soccer stadium; he played soccer as an undergraduate and co-captained the 1970 varsity men’s team, the first Columbia squad to compete in the NCAA...
One of America’s richest families has deep ties to Cornell: siblings H. Fisk and S. Curtis Johnson and Helen Johnson-Leipold, heirs to the SC Johnson fortune, are all alumni. Their late father, Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., and grandfather, Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., are also Cornell grads. A $150 million donation from the family etched their name in...
The lone public school in the top 10, the University of Michigan’s alumni include the sixth richest American, Google cofounder Larry Page. Page delivered the school’s commencement address in 2009 and received an honorary doctorate degree. Also high on the list is Stephen Ross, a real estate developer who has become the single most prolific donor to...
Dartmouth’s richest alumnus, investor Leon Black, has been plagued by controversy over the past few years because of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and sexual assault allegations. Dartmouth’s arts center bears Black’s name, though Dartmouth community members have protested, asking the university to rename it. Investors William Conway and Steven Mandel...
Sep 13, 2021 · U.S. News & World Report released its 2022 Best Colleges rankings today, featuring 1,466 colleges and universities that grant baccalaureate degrees. It’s the 37th year for the rankings,...
- Michael T. Nietzel
- University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA • 4-Year, Public. Acceptance Rate 11% University of California, Berkeley is ranked as Forbes’ the top college for 2021.
- Yale University. New Haven, CT • 4-Year, Private. Acceptance Rate 5% According to Forbes, Yale University has an average grant aid of $55,827 and an average of $5,056 of debt per student.
- Princeton University. Princeton, NJ • 4-Year, Private. Acceptance Rate 6% According to Forbes, Princeton University has an average grant aid of $52,188 and an average debt of $3,888 per student.
- Stanford University. Stanford, CA • 4-Year, Private. Acceptance Rate 4% Reported by Forbes, Stanford University has an average grant aid of $54,808 and an average debt of $8,205 per student.
Sep 13, 2021 · This is the 37 th year U.S. News had ranked the best colleges and universities in the country. This year’s list assembled data from over 1,850 schools, ultimately ranking 1,466.
Oct 6, 2021 · Harvard took the top spot because it ranked third in outcomes, resources and engagement. Yale and Princeton tied for the best outcomes and Caltech had the most resources. Tap to see the top ...
