Forbes ranking does offer some insights
Posted by Larry Dannenberg on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 @ 01:05 PM
Forbes' list of public and private colleges and universities ranks the best schools--from the students' point of view http://tinyurl.com/283aqub
The Forbes college ranking has problems, just like every ranking. But some key information can be found in the data. Note that the colleges that make the top 100 all have less than 10,000 undergraduates, the date reports total students. Most have 2-5,000 undergraduate students. Few have teaching assistants. The ranking may not be perfect but you can gain some general insights, remember there are 3,700 colleges in the US. Maybe this is why children of college professors typically attend these type of colleges. The exception is when they can attend their parent’s employer for free or nearly free tuition. I see this regularly since 20% of our clients are professors, deans or trustees.
Larry Dannenberg www.collegesolutions.com