Forbes ranks ��TV among best in Pennsylvania

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Forbes business magazine named ��TV one of the top universities in Pennsylvania, placing SU at No. 27 in Forbes’ nationwide ranking of four-year schools.

Forbes business magazine named ��TV one of the top universities in Pennsylvania in its latest college ranking.

��TV places at No. 27 among Pennsylvania colleges and universities included in Forbes’ nationwide ranking of four-year schools. The university has steadily moved up in Forbes’ overall ranking of 500 colleges and universities, placing at No. 413 in the latest report.

Forbes’ ranking begins with a list of U.S. colleges that educate undergraduates according to their Carnegie Classification — a higher education framework that categorizes institutions based on the types of degrees they offer, their research output and specialty focus. Data for the ranking is drawn from the following sources: the College Scorecard and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, two federal databases that track student outcomes and institutional characteristics; PayScale, a salary reporting and comparison company; Third Way, a company that developed the Price-to-Earnings Premium; and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.

Forbes weighted this data in seven general categories: salary (20%); student debt (15%); return on investment (15%); graduation rate (15%); Forbes American Leaders List (15%); retention rate (10%); and academic success (10%).

For the list of colleges and a detailed methodology, go .