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10 Of Forbes' Top 20 American Colleges Are In New England

BOSTON (CBS) – Half of the top 20 colleges in the country are located right in New England, according to the latest Forbes ranking.

Forbes came out with its annual list of the best higher education institutes in America on Tuesday.

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While Stanford University in California lands the No. 1 spot, New England is very well represented.

Williams College in western Massachusetts is the runner-up, and Harvard University, MIT, Amherst College and Tufts University also make the list for the Bay State.

Connecticut, Rhode Island , New Hampshire and Maine all have schools in the Top 20. Sorry, Vermont.

Some of the factors Forbes looked at included student satisfaction, success of alumni, student debt amount and four-year graduation rates.

The Top 5:

  1. Stanford University
  2. Williams College
  3. Princeton University
  4. Harvard University
  5. MIT
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