Lycoming College ranks among "America's Best Colleges," according to Forbes.com. The ranking includes the top 20 percent of the nation's undergraduate colleges -650 in all - prepared for Forbes by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, D.C.
Rankings are developed by evaluating five general categories: post-graduate success, which evaluates alumni pay and prominence, student satisfaction, which includes professor evaluations and freshman to sophomore year retention rates, debt, which penalizes schools for high student debt loads and default rates, four-year graduation rate and competitive awards, which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships.
In its report, Forbes said its rankings focus on "the things that matter the most to students: quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low-levels of debt."
