US News & World Report Ranking

quaere
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:58:57 +0000

Since Forbes’ criteria look (in part) like this…

2. Post-Graduate Success (32.5%)

Listings of Alumni in Who’s Who in America (10%)

Salary of Alumni from Payscale.com (15%)

American Leaders List (7.5%)

… I’m not surprised that we didn’t top the list. Most Oberlin alums don’t make career choices with an eye toward earning a six-figure salary or making it into a Who’s Who. A prospective student who measures success in that way could easily find 74 American colleges where they’d be happier than at Oberlin.

Forbes ranks us #75; the College Sustainability Report Card has us in the top eight; the Peace Corps lists us #3. Different rankings, different values.

Edit: dave72 beat me to it