Everybody loves a good ol' college ranking.
On Wednesday, Forbes released a list of the best colleges in America in 2014. But Forbes emphasizes what sets their ranking apart is a "firm belief in 'output' over 'input.'
"We're not all that interested in what gets a student into college," Forbes explained. "Our sights are set directly on ROI: What are students getting out of college."
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Forbes calculated their rankings working with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
The above video and list below summarizes the top 10 colleges, but the full article -- including the methodology of the rankings -- can be found here. Forbes' top public colleges are here and the best value colleges are here.
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#10 Amherst College
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Amherst, Massachusetts
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#9 United States Military Academy
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West Point, New York
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#8 Pomona College
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Claremont, California
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#7 Harvard University
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
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#6 Yale University
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New Haven, Connecticut
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#5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
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#4 Princeton University
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Princeton, New Jersey
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#3 Swarthmore College
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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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#2 Stanford University
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Standford, California
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#1 Williams College
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Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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Principia College
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Elsah, Ilinois
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University of Washington-Bothell
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Bothell, Washington
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Manhattan College
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Riverdale, New York
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
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Montana Tech of the University of Montana
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Butte, Montana
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Oregon Institute of Technology
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Klamath Falls, Oregon
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California Maritime Academy
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Vallejo, California
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Bryant University
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Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Louisiana State University and Agriculture & Mechanical College
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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University of Arizona
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Tucson, Arizona
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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Chicago, IllinoisCORRECTION: A previous version of this slide showed an image of the University of Chicago, not the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Rutgers University-Newark
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Newark, New Jersey
