Holy Cross, Clark, WPI Named Among Top Colleges in the Country

WORCESTER, MA—They say the Bay State is known for its schools and hospitals.

Our excellence in hospitals, from overall safety to pediatrics, was reinforced in rankings earlier this year. Now it's the schools' turn to show off.

Eleven Massachusetts schools made the top 100 in Forbes' 2016 college rankings, just released. The rankings put an emphasis on return on investment.

Here are all 27 Massachusetts schools that made the list, which includes 660 schools nationwide, and their national ranking in parentheses:

1. Williams (2)
2. Harvard (4)
3. MIT (5)
4. Amherst (12)
5. Tufts (18)
6. Boston College (22)
7. Wellesley (32)
8. Holy Cross (51)
9. Smith (54)
10. Brandeis (74)
11. Boston University (79)
12. Mount Holyoke (102)
13. Babson (104)
14. Hampshire (151)
15. WPI (166)
16. Bentley (178)
17. Emerson (186)
18. Clark (188)
19. UMass (205)
20. Stonehill (212)
21. Northeastern (215)
22. Wheaton (240)
23. Simmons (298)
24. Gordon (332)
25. Merrimack (349)
26. UMass-Lowell (454)
27. UMass-Boston (525)

See the full list of Massachusetts colleges here