Forbes College Rankings 2009: Top 25

Forbes college rankings for 2009 have been released. The best college in the United States has a curfew time of 11:30pm.

It also prohibits alcohol in its dorms, and requires that those same dormitories be kept sparkling clean.

The students there get a world-class education at no cost, and they incur no debt…except perhaps for a duty to their country.

Here is the complete list…

Forbes College Rankings 2009

Rank	Name	State	Cost	Freshman Class Size
1	United States Military Academy	NY	0	1,263
2	Princeton University	NJ	49,830	1,243
3	California Institute of Technology	CA	48,990	236
4	Williams College	MA	49,530	540
5	Harvard University	MA	50,250	1,666
6	Wellesley College	MA	50,026	596
7	United States Air Force Academy	CO	0	1,286
8	Amherst College	MA	50,230	439
9	Yale University	CT	51,400	1,318
10	Stanford University	CA	51,760	1,703
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	50,100	1,048
12	Swarthmore College	PA	50,381	372
13	Columbia University	NY	51,406	1,356
14	Centre College	KY	39,200	336
15	Haverford College	PA	51,637	327
16	Boston College	MA	52,060	2,167
17	Northwestern University	IL	52,120	2,078
18	Bowdoin College	ME	50,570	488
19	Vassar College	NY	51,370	638
20	Whitman College	WA	46,212	401
21	University of Chicago	IL	53,310	1,306
22	Kenyon College	OH	49,260	456
23	Carleton College	MN	50,000	489
24	Colby College	ME	50,120	482
25	Middlebury College	VT	52,460	576