U.S. News and World Report released its annual list of best colleges this week, and seven Philadelphia-area institutions are among the rankings.
The state has more than 100 four-year degree institutions, including a mix of large research universities, midsize colleges, small liberal arts schools and several specialty schools. U.S. News and World Report ranks the schools according to their performance across a set of “widely accepted indicators of excellence.”
Mainly, the report looks at a school’s outcomes — its graduation and retention rates, as well as its faculty resources, financial resources, scores for students and alumni giving. Experts in academia also weigh in, which factors about 20% into the overall score.
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