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The best college in America isn't in Cambridge or Princeton, West Point or Annapolis. It's nestled in the Berkshire Mountains. Williams College, a 217-year-old private liberal arts school, tops our third annual ranking of America's Best Colleges. Our list of more than 600 undergraduate institutions is based on the quality of the education they provide, the experiences of the students and how much they achieve.
美国最好的大学不是在剑桥，普林斯顿，西点或安纳波利斯，而是临近伯克希尔山。威廉姆斯学院，一个有着217年历史的私立文理学院，成为我们第三次美国最佳大学年度排名冠军。此次排名是根据是根据美国600多所院校提供的教育，学生获得的素质提升和经验水平，以及他们取得的成就进行评估。
威廉姆斯学院
评价一所大学本身是一项和复杂的工作,所有的排名都不能反映学校的全貌,而只能反映一部分。参考排名关键是要看哪些指标对你而言更重要。《福布斯》发布的排名主要从学生的角度去评判美国大学,而且主要针对读本科的学生。所以这个排名对于去美国读本科的学生非常有参考价值。我们来看一下《福布斯》的排名指标：
No. 1: Student Satisfaction (27.5%) 学生满意度(权重27.5%)
Student Evaluations from RateMyProfessor.com (17.5%)
Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rates (5%)
Student Evaluations from MyPlan.com (5%)
No. 2: Postgraduate Success (30%) 毕业生的成就(权重30%)
Salary of Alumni from Payscale.com (15%)
Listings of Alumni in Who‘s Who in America (10%)
Alumni in Forbes/CCAP Corporate Officers List (5%)
No. 3: Student Debt (17.5%) 学生就学期间的负债情况 (权重17.5%)
Four-year Debt Load for Typical Student Borrower (12.5%)
Student Loan Default Rates (5%)
No. 4: Four-year Graduation Rate (17.5%) 本科学生在四年内毕业率(权重17.5%)
Actual Four-year Graduation Rate (8.75%)
Predicted vs. Actual Four-year Graduation Rate (8.75%)
No. 5: Competitive Awards (7.5%) 获取的全国性奖项(权重7.5%)
Student Nationally Competitive Awards (7.5%)
