America’s Top Colleges 2022:

Forbes Releases America's Top Colleges List 2022

Forbes released 14th annual list of America’s Top Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology tops the Forbes list 2022

Harvard University slipped to 15 position

Former No. 1 Harvard slipped to the 15th position because of changes in Forbes' methodology for ranking in 2021.

Columbia University

PLACE

New York

ACCEPTANCE RATE

7%

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

Private

ALUMNI SALARY

$148,800

5 Top US Colleges/ Universities

5

Princeton University

PLACE

New Jersey

ACCEPTANCE RATE

6%

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

Private

ALUMNI SALARY

$167,600

5 Top US Colleges/ Universities

4

University of California, Berkeley

PLACE

California

ACCEPTANCE RATE

17%

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

Public

ALUMNI SALARY

$154,500

5 Top US Colleges/ Universities

3

Stanford University

PLACE

California

ACCEPTANCE RATE

5%

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

Private

ALUMNI SALARY

$173,500

5 Top US Colleges/ Universities

2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CITY & STATE

Cambridge,Massachusetts

ACCEPTANCE RATE

7%

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

Private

ALUMNI SALARY

$173,700

5 Top US Colleges/ Universities

1

TOP 10 COLLEGES

Rank

1

2

2

4

College

MIT

Stanford University

University of California

Princeton University

5

6

7

8

9

Columbia University

University of California

Williams College

Yale University

Duke University

10

University of Pennsylvania

Source: Forbes Annual List 2022

https://www.forbes.com