Trump Is Reaching Students With Social Media, But Will They Vote For Him?
Billionaire Republican candidate Donald Trump leads the field in Google searches and followers on social media.
View ArticleClinton Outearns Sanders And Trump In Race For Dollars From The Richest Colleges
Hillary Clinton has received over $1.6 million in campaign donations from people affiliated with the nation’s 33 wealthiest colleges, hundreds of thousands more than any other candidate has.
View ArticleDonald Trump Campaign Lacking In Support From Academic Donors
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has raised less than $26,000 in individual, non-PAC donations this election cycle.
View ArticleTop 25 Midwest Colleges Of 2016
It’s more than the luck of the (Fighting) Irish: For the second straight year, the University of Notre Dame is Forbes’ Top College of the Midwest.
View ArticleTop 21 STEM Colleges Of 2016
The list of STEM schools, whose most popular areas of study included at least 40% in STEM, is topped by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
View ArticleNominate Your School For #MyTopCollege 2016
Starting Monday, July 11, Forbes is launching its third annual #MyTopCollege social media contest. For the next four weeks, we are challenging students, alumni, parents and staff to share social posts...
View ArticleTop 25 Christian Colleges: The Essential Questions On Religion And Education
With 25 religiously-affiliated colleges in the top 130 FORBES Top Colleges, Christian schools bring a unique blend of characteristics to the table.
View ArticleMarch Madness Payout: Final Four Schools Surge In Applications
Schools who made the NCAA men's basketball Final Four received 12.9% more applications the next year, significantly higher than the national average.
View Article5 Ways College Students Can Make The Most Of A Walk Across Campus
Instead of trekking through a flock of Pidgeys on Pokémon GO, consider these ways to double-dip your campus commute.
View ArticleThe $12 Million Jobs Matchmaker For Community College Students
Veridis is a novel twist to the job-oriented social networking: A platform built especially for two-year students to showcase their skills and qualifications to local employers who are hiring. The goal...
View ArticleShould U.S. Public Colleges Accept More International Students, Or Not?
Should public colleges and universities accept more international students? The data suggests that the answer is yes, with some significant caveats.
View Article7 Student Commencement Speeches That Captured Higher Ed's Biggest Stories
While boasting big names can earn campuses some positive press, schools don’t need to look too far to find a high-powered graduation speech.
View Article2017 #MyTopCollege Week One Update: CSUF Is Back Again, Otterbein Cracks Top 5
As Week One of the FORBES annual #MyTopCollege campaign wraps up, 2016 “large school champion” and second-place finisher California State University–Fullerton is off to a hot start on the way to...
View ArticleThe Top 30 Two-Year Trade Schools: Colleges That Fight The Nation's Skills Gap
For the first time, Forbes has put together a comprehensive ranking of two-year trade schools. Using the same “return on investment” focus as our annual Top Colleges report, this list of 30 looks at...
View ArticleThe Top 30 Two-Year Trade Schools 2017: The Full Methodology
The focus for this report is “output:” we want to know the return on investment for these schools. For this reason, we honed in on three major areas: earnings, affordability and quality.
View ArticleTop 25 STEM Colleges 2017
The future is STEM, but do students of all backgrounds get a fair shot at that future? The top 25 STEM-centric colleges are far from monolithic, but their undergraduate population lacks the gender and...
View ArticleTop 25 Low-Debt Private Colleges 2017
Affordable private education comes in all shapes and sizes. Despite lacking the perk of in-state tuition touted by public colleges, these 25 schools are still able to deliver a well-sized bang without...
View ArticleTop 25 Colleges In The Northeast 2017
Prestigious and pricey, the top schools in the Northeast offer history-tested, market-approved academic experiences.
View ArticleTop Colleges 2017: The Methodology
Favoring output over input, we eschew common metrics like acceptance rate, endowment and freshmen SAT scores – numbers that say far more about a school’s “prestige” than its actual effectiveness – and...
View Article50 Best U.S. Colleges For International Students 2017
The 50 U.S. colleges and universities that matter most to international students.
View ArticleJeff Bezos' Nearly $40 Billion Net Worth Jump Is The Biggest Increase This...
Bezos’ net worth has increased by $39.2 billion in just 12 months. It’s the biggest single-year increase on the Billionaires List this century.
View ArticleBlackstone Cofounder, Former U.S. Secretary Of Commerce Pete Peterson Dies At 91
Peter G. Peterson – the billionaire co-founder of asset management giant Blackstone Group and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce– died at age 91 on Tuesday, March 20.
View ArticleSteve Wynn Cuts Ties, Cashes Out Of His Casino Firm Wynn Resorts
Las Vegas legend Steve Wynn sold more than $700 million of shares in Wynn Resorts. The move comes less than two months after he resigned from the casino giant amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
View ArticleHow Hoops Success Helps Colleges Get Applicants
Schools received 10.9% more applicants the year after making the men's Final Four between 2009 and 2015, compared to a national average of just 4.2%. Schools where women’s teams made the Final Four saw...
View ArticleBest Value Colleges 2018 Methodology: What Makes A Top College Worth The Cost
A college degree is one of the costliest investments a student or family can make. The Forbes Best Value Colleges 2018 list showcases 300 schools that deliver the best returns.
View ArticleThe Tiny Trade-School Ivy Outperforming Top Four-Year Colleges
Landing at No. 1 on Forbes’ second annual list of the nation’s Top Two-Year Trade Schools, the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics is a 370-student gem.
View ArticleThe Top 25 Two-Year Trade Schools: Colleges That Can Solve The Skills Gap
The 25 schools on the list cover a myriad of careers that need workers — and in high-paying, high-growth areas, such as aircraft maintenance, funeral services, dental hygiene and drafting.
View ArticleHow The Top Two-Year Trade School Ranking Is Scored
Whether considering a four-year or two-year college, students should be looking for the same things: a gateway to a great career, and an educational experience that’s worth the cost.
View ArticleTop Colleges 2018: The Methodology
Especially at a time when Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loan debt, we believe it’s important to value “outputs” rather than “inputs.”
View ArticleTop 25 STEM Colleges 2018
Colleges and universities whose curricula emphasize STEM—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—rank high on FORBES’ list of America’s Top Colleges.
View ArticleChristmas Comes Early For Farmers In The $2B Real-Tree Industry After Amazon...
E-commerce’s biggest power player is disrupting yet another industry—and this time, they’re landing on Christmas tree farmers’ nice list.
View ArticleBillionaire-Backed 'Marsy's Law' Ballot Measures Pass In Six States, Thanks...
Voters approved ballot measures creating a “victims’ bill of rights” in a half-dozen states, bankrolled by billionaire Henry Nicholas.
View ArticleStanford, Harvard, MIT Are The Top Colleges For 30 Under 30 2019 Honorees
America's youngest game-changers don't need to go to the highest-ranked colleges to shine—but it doesn't hurt. Stanford University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology top the...
View Article30 Under 30 Education 2019: The Masterminds Shaping the Future of Learning,...
The education industry needs a shake-up, and the leaders best-equipped to become its shakers may just be its most recent grads and users. The Forbes 30 Under 30 Education 2019 class connects a cohort...
View ArticleBible Belt Ivy: How College Of The Ozarks Became One Of America's Most...
With an acceptance rate lower than Georgetown’s, an endowment per student greater than NYU’s and an admission yield higher than Harvard’s, Missouri’s College Of The Ozarks ranks among the nation’s most...
View ArticleThe Top 50 Schools For International Students 2019: Foreign Enrollment Is...
International enrollment at the top-ranked schools crawled in Trump’s first year in office after almost a decade of quick growth. But the White House isn’t to blame; rising costs and changes in other...
View ArticleRichest Cities In The World: The Top 10 Cities With The Most Billionaires
Billionaires can live anywhere, but about a fourth of the richest around the globe choose to live in the same 10 cities, starting with No. 1 hot spot New York.
View ArticleA Convenient Fortune: Soaring Stock Of Circle K’s Parent Company Creates New...
And now it’s a trio: Cofounder and former chief financial officer Richard Fortin joins two others from Couche-Tard in the billionaire ranks.
View ArticleZuckerberg, Ballmer Gain Combined $5.1 Billion After Strong Microsoft,...
Overall, the collective stakes of Facebook’s and Microsoft’s billionaire backers rose $7.4 billion today.
View ArticleLululemon Strips Its Billionaire Founder Chip Wilson Of Board-Appointment Power
The athleisure company disclosed in a filing that Wilson did not stick to a 2014 agreement; Wilson doesn’t agree with the board’s decision.
View ArticleDetroit Billionaire Dan Gilbert, Owner Of Quicken Loans, Recovering After A...
Gilbert, 57, suffered a stroke on Sunday after arriving at a hospital near Detroit.
View ArticleWant To Raise Successful Kids? Don’t Make It Easy, Says Mom Of YouTube CEO...
Esther Wojcicki is the mother of two of the nation's richest self-made women and a Fulbright-winning professor. Her daughters are successful, she says, because they were challenged early and often.
View ArticleGym Teacher-Turned-Hotelier Gary Tharaldson Becomes North Dakota’s First...
Using the cash he raked in from selling his first hotel empire, the state’s entrepreneur-in-chief has rebuilt a diverse ten-digit portfolio.
View ArticleHow Two Vermont Brothers Built, Trashed, Then Revived Their $1.8 Billion...
John and Doug Casella overcame bad calls, a financial crisis and a proxy battle to lead one of the state’s best business comeback stories.
View ArticleThe Billionaire Who Served Just 3 Months For Sexual Assault
Curt Johnson, a billionaire heir to the powerful Johnson family, became a symbol of privilege when he served just three months in jail after admitting he abused his step-daughter. His spokesperson...
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