A comparison of the top colleges using the 2 formulas listed in this thread is below. As noted, publics do much better with the new formula. Caltech does much worse.
2017 Forbes Formula – (35% salary + Forbes leaders list, 20% debt, 15% retention rate, 12.5% grad rate, 12.5% post-grad PhD/awards, 5% Niche survey)
1 . Harvard
2. Stanford
3. Yale
4. Princeton
5. MIT
6. Caltech
7. Penn
8. Duke
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29. Berkeley
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48. UCLA
2021 Forbes Formula – (35% salary + Forbes leaders list, 15% ROI, 15% debt, 15% grad rate, 10% retention rate, 10% post-grad PhD/awards)
1 . Berkeley (up 28 from #29)
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Columbia
6. MIT
7 Harvard (down 6 from #1)
8. UCLA (up 40 from #48)
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40 Caltech (down 34 from #6)