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Bryn Mawr College Ranks In Top 100 On Newest Forbes List

The local institution was ranked 70th overall by Forbes and ninth in the state.

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Bryn Mawr College had a strong showing in Forbes' 2016 college rankings, which put an emphasis on return on investment. The local institution ranked 70th overall and ninth in the state.

At No. 10, Swarthmore College was the top Keystone State school to make the list, followed right behind by the University of Pennsylvania at No. 11. In all, 11 Pennsylvania schools made Forbes' top 100, with 41 schools included overall.

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

  1. Swarthmore College (10)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (11)
  3. Haverford College (23)
  4. Bucknell University (49)
  5. Lafayette College (55)
  6. Franklin and Marshall College (56)
  7. Villanova University (62)
  8. Carnegie Mellon University (63)
  9. Bryn Mawr College (70)
  10. Lehigh University (76)
  11. Dickinson College (80)
  12. Gettysburg College (121)
  13. Muhlenberg College (128)
  14. Penn State University (164)
  15. Juniata College (172)
  16. Ursinus College (175)
  17. University of Pittsburgh (204)
  18. Saint Joseph's University (223)
  19. University of Scranton (243)
  20. Grove City College (250)
  21. Washington & Jefferson College (282)
  22. Allegheny College (285)
  23. Duquesne University (294)
  24. Susquehanna University (318)
  25. La Salle University (325)
  26. Drexel University (33)
  27. Lebanon Valley College (343)
  28. Temple University (364)
  29. Elizabethtown College (369)
  30. Messiah College (372)
  31. Westminster College (434)
  32. Immaculata University (453)
  33. Moravian College (466)
  34. West Chester University of Pennsylvania (478)
  35. Lycoming College (479)
  36. Saint Vincent College (484)
  37. King's College (552)
  38. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (574)
  39. Albright College (601)
  40. Millersville University (615)
  41. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (640)

See the full list of Pennsylvania colleges here

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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

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