Here Are The Top Colleges In Minnesota, According To Latest Forbes Ranking

Written by Marc Torrence, Patch National Staff

Two Minnesota schools made the top 100 in Forbes' 2016 college rankings, which put an emphasis on return on investment.

Carleton College was ranked No. 27 in the nation, while Macalester College was placed at No. 68.

Here are the Minnesota schools that made the list, which included 660 schools nationwide, with their national ranking in parentheses:

1. Carleton College (27)
2. Macalester College (68)
3. Saint Olaf College (105)
4. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (119)
5. Saint John's University (131)
6. Gustavus Adolphus College (173)
7. University of Saint Thomas (229)
8. College of Saint Benedict (256)
9. Bethel University (321)
10. Concordia College—Moorhead (333)
11. Hamline University (335)
12. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (378)
13. University of Minnesota, Morris (415)
14. College of St. Scholastica (425)
15. University of Northwestern, St. Paul (439)
16. University of Minnesota-Duluth (542)
17. Saint Catherine University (556)
18. Saint Cloud State University (563)
19. Minnesota State University, Mankato (607)

See the full list of Minnesota colleges here

Forbes used data from the Department of Education, along with payscale.com and the America's Leaders List to compile the rankings on the top 660 schools. They rated each school on post-graduate success, student debt, student satisfaction, graduation rate and academic success.

Read Forbes' full methodology here

The top 10 schools nationwide were:

1. Stanford University
2. Williams College
3. Princeton University
4. Harvard University
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. Yale University
7. Pomona College
8. Brown University
9. Wesleyan University
10. Swarthmore College

See the full national rankings here

Image: Carleton College by Willy Lee via Flickr / Creative Commons