The 10 Best Value Private Universities: Kiplinger's List

The 10 Best Value Private Universities
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41.30837 | 72.928983333333 description 1 en:Connecticut Hall | Connecticut Hall, Yale University 66000806 | date 2012-01-14 09:35:59 | ...

What makes a college a good value? Is it a cheap net tuition? A great university reputation?

Kiplinger's, a personal finance website, recently ranked the 10 best value private universities.

Kiplinger's has more:

Our lists exclude schools that do not meet our criteria for academic quality and affordability. We start with data on more than 600 private institutions and sort the schools first based on quality measures, such as the admission rate, the test scores of incoming freshmen, and four- and five-year graduation rates. We then add cost data, including tuition, fees, room and board and financial aid, and re-rank the institutions accordingly. It is this combination of quality and affordability -- certainly not any desire on our part to exclude a particular school or state -- that determines which schools make our lists for best value.

Check out our slideshow of the 10 best value private universities. Then tell us, what do you think of this list? Weigh in below.

Before You Go

1. Yale University

10 BEST VALUES IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES 2012-13

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