US: Forbes launches new 'Best Colleges' ranking

Choosing a four-year undergraduate college is one of the biggest decisions a typical American family can make. And for too many years, information about the quality of American higher education has been monopolised by one publication, US News & World Report, reports Forbes, announcing its alternative - America's Best Colleges 2008. The new guide ranks Princeton University the best in the US, followed by the California Institute of Technology, Harvard, Swarthmore and Williams.

Forbes.com inaugurated its first ranking of America's Best Colleges, produced in conjunction with Dr Richard Vedder, an economist at Ohio University, and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. In the Forbes report, the CCAP ranks 569 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide, and how much their students achieve.
Full report on the Forbes site