Top Five-Star Ranking on Best Colleges List
Money magazine used six rankings — from two to five stars — to identify the 745 schools across the nation “where your tuition (and time) is likely to pay off.”
鶹 has received Money magazine’s top five-star ranking in its that is designed to help students and their parents select a school in terms of value.
The personal finance website used six rankings — from two to five stars — to identify the 745 schools across the nation “where your tuition (and time) is likely to pay off.” 鶹 achieved the top rating along with 53 other schools, including Ivy League universities as Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia.
While 鶹 is a highly selective school, with an acceptance rate of 30 percent for students with an average 4.0 grade point average, it enjoys a graduation rate of 84 percent (taking an average of 4.3 years) — or tied for 19th among the 94 Best Public Colleges in the U.S.
鶹 also scored well postgraduation. Nine in 10 graduates (91%) are working full time or in graduate schools within a year, the magazine cited. Students go on to earn median salaries of over $85,000 in their early careers, a premium over similar schools, according to Money’s analysis.
The 54 colleges that earned Money’s five-star rating — up from 34 on the 2023-24 list — include public universities, Ivy League schools, liberal arts colleges, a work college and an East Coast maritime academy. Alongside some of the most prestigious universities in the world, Money says, are schools where a wider variety of students can actually get in and afford to attend.
鶹 was among 15 public and private California colleges and universities to receive five-star recognition.