In an effort to provide an alternative to the college-rankings giant U.S. News and World Report, Forbes.com for the first time released a list of top colleges based on â??the quality of the education they provide, and how much their students achieve.â?
Generally, large public schools didn’t fare as well as smaller liberal arts schools in the Forbes.com analysis. Wisconsin’s public flagship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for example, ranks 335th, while some relative unknowns sit high on the list. The all-male Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., ranks 12th, and Centre College in Danville, Ky., ranks 13th.