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RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among the best-value colleges in the country, according to a new ranking.
Forbes magazine ranked the top 300 colleges in the country, taking into account several metrics from each school. Alumni earnings, student debt, on-time graduation and tuition, among others, were used to define the schools with the best value.
Duke ranked No. 12, and UNC landed in the No. 15 slot. North Carolina State University was ranked No. 115.
With an in-state tuition of just under $13,000, the University of California at Berkeley was ranked the best-value school in the country. The Berkeley campus was followed by the University of California at Los Angeles, Princeton University, the University of Florida and Harvard University.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among the best-value colleges in the country, according to a new ranking.
Forbes magazine ranked the top 300 colleges in the country, taking into account several metrics from each school. Alumni earnings, student debt, on-time graduation and tuition, among others, were used to define the schools with the best value.
Duke ranked No. 12, and UNC landed in the No. 15 slot. North Carolina State University was ranked No. 115.
With an in-state tuition of just under $13,000, the University of California at Berkeley was ranked the best-value school in the country. The Berkeley campus was followed by the University of California at Los Angeles, Princeton University, the University of Florida and Harvard University.
