The Best Value Colleges for 2024 are made up of fourteen rankings lists and one list of tuition-free schools, each of which focuses on different aspects of financial aid and career preparation.
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Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)
Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Public Schools)These schools received our highest ROI rating, ranked in order.
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Top 20 Best Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Public Schools)To create this list, we used the same methodology for our ROI rating, but removed need-based aid information. If you don’t qualify for financial aid, these are your best value schools.
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Top 20 Best Alumni Networks (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Alumni Networks (Public Schools)Based on students’ ratings of alumni activity and visibility on campus.
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Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Public Schools)Based on students’ ratings of accessibility of internship placement at their school.
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Top 20 Best Career Placement (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Career Placement (Public Schools)These lists are based on students’ ratings of career services at their school, as well as on PayScale.com’s median starting and mid-career salary information for alumni.
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Top 20 Best Schools for Financial Aid (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Schools for Financial Aid (Public Schools)These schools received our highest Financial Aid rating.
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Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact (Private Schools)
Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact (Public Schools)These schools were selected based on student ratings and responses to survey questions covering community service opportunities at their school, student government, sustainability efforts, and on-campus student engagement. We also took into account PayScale.com’s percentage of alumni from each school that reported having high job meaning.
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Tuition-Free Schools
These schools were selected on the basis of being tuition-free.
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Click to read more about our Best Value Colleges methodology. For a look at academics, facilities, and campus culture, check out Best 389 Colleges.
