Two Cambridge Colleges Make Forbes' Top Five

Cambridge has more schools in the top five of Forbes' top 25 U.S. colleges list than most states have in the entire list.

Coming in at No. 2 was neither Harvard nor MIT., but Williams College, a private, liberal arts school in the Berkshires. The Cambridge schools, however, finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Although Massachusetts fared well, as did New England overall, Forbes notes a shifting of the winds as the old guard of the Northeast gives way to several newer, West Coast names in its ninth annual ranking.
According to the Forbes article - which you can read in full here - its ranking is rooted in return on investment. It asks questions about undergrads' satisfaction, student debt and "alumni success."

Here's the Top Five:

1. Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

2. Williams College (Williamstown, MA)

3. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

4. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Amherst College came in at #12, Tufts University made #18 and Boston College came in at #22.

>>> See the full list from Forbes.Photo courtesy of Angela N. via Flickr