Villanova Is PA's 9th Best University, WalletHub Says

VILLANOVA, PA – Financial analysts at WalletHub recently took a look at the best colleges and universities in the country, and we have the breakdown of how Pennsylvania schools fared, including Villanova University, in their rankings.

WalletHub’s analysts compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 26 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as student selectivity, cost and financing, and career outcomes.

The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

You can see the full methodology and full results here.

So, when factoring all the metrics, Villanova is ranked Pennsylvania's ninth best institution of higher learning, behind nearby Haverford and Bryn Mawr colleges.

Overall, the Delaware County college is the 83rd best in the country, WalletHub says.

The top 10 PA's schools according to WalletHub are:

1. University of Pennsylvania
2. Swarthmore College
3. Carnegie Mellon University
4. Lehigh University
5. Lafayette College
6. Haverford College
7. Bucknell University
8. Bryn Mawr College
9. Villanova University
10. University of Pittsburgh

The best school in the country according to WalletHub? Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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