Amerika'nın ünlü iş dünyası dergisi Forbes, Amerika'nın En İyi 25 kolejini sıraladı. Sıralamada Stanford University ilk sırayı alırken, Williams College ikinci, Princeton University üçüncü oldu. Harvard, MIT, Yale üniversitleri de ilk üçü takip eden okullar oldu. Kabul edilme ve mezun olma oranlarının da sıralandığı listede, iki askeri okul Annapolis'teki U.S. Naval Academy ile West Point'teki U.S. Military Academy'de ilk 25'e girmeyi başardı. Listeye en fazla okul veren eyalet ise 6 okul ile Massachusetts oldu. {gallery}Top_25_College_2016{/gallery}
No. 1: Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Acceptance rate: 5%
Graduation rate: 98% (6 year)
No. 2: Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Acceptance rate: 19%
Graduation rate: 95% (6 year)
No. 3: Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Acceptance rate: 7%
Graduation rate: 97% (6 year)
No. 4: Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Acceptance rate: 6%
Graduation rate: 98% (6 year)
No. 5: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Acceptance rate: 8%
Graduation rate: 91% (6 year)
No. 6: Yale University
New Haven, CT
Acceptance rate: 6%
Graduation rate: 96% (6 year)
No. 7: Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Acceptance rate: 12%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)
No. 8: Brown University
Providence, RI
Acceptance rate: 9%
Graduation rate: 96% (6 year)
No 9: Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Acceptance rate: 24%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)
No. 10: Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Acceptance rate: 17%
Graduation rate: 94% (6 year)
No. 11: University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Acceptance rate: 10%
Graduation rate: 96% (6 year)
No. 12: Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Acceptance rate: 14%
Graduation rate: 94% (6 year)
No. 13: University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Acceptance rate: 21%
Graduation rate: 96% (6 year)
No. 14: U.S. Military Academy
West Point, NY
Acceptance rate: 9%
Graduation rate: 80% (6 year)
No. 15: Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Acceptance rate: 13%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)
No. 16: Columbia University
New York, NY
Acceptance rate: 7%
Graduation rate: 95% (6 year)
No. 17: Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Acceptance rate: 12%
Graduation rate: 95% (6 year)
No. 18: Tufts University
Medford, MA
Acceptance rate: 17%
Graduation rate: 92% (6 year)
No. 19: Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Acceptance rate: 15%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)
No. 20: University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Acceptance rate: 9%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)
No. 21: Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Acceptance rate: 17%
Graduation rate: 95% (6 year)
No. 22: Boston College
Boston, MA
Acceptance rate: 34%
Graduation rate: 91% (6 year)
No. 23: Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Acceptance rate: 25%
Graduation rate: 94% (6 year)
No. 24: U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Acceptance rate: 8%
Graduation rate: 89% (6 year)
No. 25: Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Acceptance rate: 22%
Graduation rate: 93% (6 year)