^ I believe Forbes and the WSJ are using different measures when it comes to salary outcomes. Forbes is using early and mid career salaries, “The rankings are based on five general categories: Alumni Salary (20%), a combination of early and midcareer salaries as reported by the federal College Scorecard and PayScale data and research…” https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#3324cce91987 The WSJ is trying to measure “value added” – whether the graduates avg salary exceeds some formulized expected value (see the quote in post #15). I am sure there are holes/room for debate in the nature and source of the data collected and in the methodology, but I appreciate how both publications are trying in essence to measure the value of a school’s degree relative to the avg cost/debt burden to the students.