About the Rankings:

We rate schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

Read more about our methodology here.

More rankings:

College Guide Rankings 2015 – Liberal Arts Colleges

College Guide Rankings 2015 – Baccalaureate Colleges

College Guide Rankings 2015 – Master’s Universities

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2015 – Northeast

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2015 – Midwest

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2015 – South

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2015 – Southeast

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2015 – West