America Top 10 Colleges

America's Top 10 Colleges: 1. Princeton University Very high freshman-to-sophomore retentions, seventh lowest debt and top 5 placements in career success and Ph.D.'s earned. 2. Williams College Second highest four-year graduation rate and low levels of students defaulting on their debt. 3. Stanford University Third highest graduate pay. 4. University of Chicago Excellent freshman-to-sophomore retention rates, fourth highest graduate pay, top 25 in four-year graduation rates. 5. Yale University Third in student graduates winning nationally competitive awards, like the Fulbright, Rhodes and Marshall 6. Harvard University First in alumni prominence, but only 36th in alumni pay. 7. United States Military Academy Third best is teaching quality and tuition-free. 8. Columbia University High in debt for a top-ten school, but also high in prominent alumni and retention and graduation rates. 9. Pomona College Third highest four-year graduation rate, eighth place in nationally competitive awards and low debt loads. 10. Swarthmore College Good all-around, especially impressive in the number of students who go on to earn their Ph.D.'s