13 NJ Schools Make 2019 Top Colleges List: Forbes

NEW JERSEY – New college rankings from Forbes Magazine name 650 schools, including 13 in New Jersey, that it says are the best in the country for 2019.

Names like Harvard, Stanford and Yale predictably topped Forbes’ list. The magazine says that whether a school ranks among the top 10 or is closer to the bottom, the institutions “count as the best in the country.” Forbes’ annual rankings looks at colleges that “deliver the top academics, career success and lowest debt.”

Here’s how New Jersey colleges were ranked on Forbes’ list:

• Princeton University #5
• Rutgers University #123
• College of New Jersey #149
• Stevens Institute of Technology #152
• Seton Hall University #249
• New Jersey Institute of Technology #268
• Ramapo College of New Jersey #341
• Drew University #356
• Rowan University #361
• Montclair State University #422
• Stockton University #443
• Rider University #478
• Fairleigh Dickinson University #546

The top 10 colleges on Forbes’ list are:

1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Princeton University
6. University of Pennsylvania
7. Brown University
8. California Institute of Technology
9. Duke University
10. Dartmouth College

The methodology behind the rankings looks at five categories: alumni salary, student satisfaction, debt, on-time graduation rate and academic success. (Read more about Forbes’ methodology)