Caltech Seventh in Wall Street Journal College Rankings

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By News Desk

Once again, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is in seventh place in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings; Harvard, Stanford and MIT, respectively, took the top three spots.

Schools with spending power were more able to manage pandemic fallout. The annual rankings, released online Sept. 21 and in print September22, evaluate schools based on 15 factors, in four key areas: 40% student outcomes (including graduate salaries and debt), 30% academic resources (including investment in teaching), 20% student engagement (including whether students feel prepared for post-graduation, and 10% learning environment and student/staff diversity.

Caltech ranked first for academic resources and eighth for student outcomes.

Top 10 Schools

1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4. Yale University
5. Duke University
6. Brown University
7. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
8. Princeton University
9. Johns Hopkins University
   Northwestern University

Top 5 Schools for Environment

1. La Sierra University
2. Rutgers University-Newark
3. University of California-Irvine
   California State University/Northridge (CSUN)
   San Francisco State University

Top 5 Schools for Resources

1. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3. Harvard University
4. Stanford University
5. Princeton University