What is the best way to judge the quality of a college?

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<p>The size of the endowment fund will be an indicator of how financially sound a college is without tuition revenue. Why without tuition? Most analyst say that college tuition rates are highly inflated and a correction is due - Student Loan Bubble. It is claimed the student loan programs will tighten and the open credit lines will end with a credit crunch reducing available financing, our current open fire hydrant that will be replaced with a garden hose. If financial institutions cap student debt at 20 or 30K then how can colleges not lower tuition and cut services. The size of a schools endowment fund will be a key determining factor as to which institutions survive, merge or fail.</p>

<p>For financial data about schools US News and Forbes do not cut it.</p>

<p>Two best links I found:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final_January_17_2012.pdf”>Page not Found; </p>

<p><a href=“Use the Data”>http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;