These NY Colleges Are Best Value For Your Money In 2018: Forbes

At many colleges and universities, the deadline for admitted students to put down a deposit is right around the corner — some as early as Tuesday.

With that in mind, Forbes has ranked its best value colleges in America for this year, and 15 colleges from New York made the top 100.

No college in New York made the top 10 list. The college with the best value in New York is Baruch College, which ranked at number 12 in the country.

Check out the full list of New York colleges with the best value:

• CUNY, Baruch College
  • New York City, NY
  • Ranking: 12
  • Tuition: $$6,810
• Columbia University
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 27
  • Tuition: $53,000
• Colgate University
  • Hamilton, NY
  • Ranking: 37
  • Tuition: $49,970
• Stony Brook University, SUNY
  • Stony Brook, NY
  • Ranking: 41
  • Tuition: $8,855
• CUNY, Queens College
  • Queens, NY
  • Ranking: 51
  • Tuition: $6,938
• Binghamton University, SUNY
  • Binghamton, NY
  • Ranking: 52
  • Tuition: $9,053
• Vassar College
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Ranking: 57
  • Tuition: $51,250
• Cornell University
  • Ithaca, NY
  • Ranking: 58
  • Tuition: $49,116
• Barnard College
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 67
  • Tuition: $47,631
• CUNY, Brooklyn College

• Brooklyn, NY
• Ranking: 70
• Tuition: $6,838
• Hamilton College
  • Clinton, NY
  • Ranking: 71
  • Tuition: $49,500
• Cooper Union
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 78
  • Tuition: $42,650
• Yeshiva University
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 85
  • Tuition: $39,530

• CUNY, Hunter College
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 92
  • Tuition: $6,782
• The City College of New York
  • New York, NY
  • Ranking: 93
  • Tuition: $6,689

The universities and colleges were evaluated based on net price, net debt, alumni earnings, timely graduation, school quality and accessibility for low-income students. The list evaluates institutions that offer four-year degrees. It doesn’t include private for-profit schools, such as the University of Phoenix or DeVry University.

Other notable names that cracked Forbes’ top 10 include Harvard University, Stanford University and Princeton University.

Public research universities dominated the list, accounting for 166 of the 300 institutions. Prestigious private schools, including smaller liberal arts schools, also performed well across the board.

Yale ranked No. 14, Williams ranked No. 15, Pomona ranked No. 16 and MIT came in at No. 17.

Forbes highlighted the City University of New York and Baruch College as particularly good values. Nearly half of students at those universities receive Pell Grants and graduates earn an an average income of $103,000 in the middle of their careers.

Click here to see the full rankings.

Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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