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Clark University is listed in Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges<\/a>” report, rising further into the top third at #125<\/a> on the list of 650 schools recognized this year, up from #161 overall in 2010. Besides the overall ranking, Clark is listed as follows in separate categories:\r\n<\/p>

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#52 in the Northeast<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to Forbes, the annual ranking “focuses on the things that matter the most to students: quality of teaching, great career prospects, graduation rates and low levels of debt.” The rankings are based on five general categories: Post Graduate success (30%), which evaluates alumni pay and prominence, Student Satisfaction (27.5%), which includes professor evaluations and freshman to sophomore year retention rates, Debt (17.5%), which penalizes schools for high student debt loads and default rates, Four Year Graduation Rate (17.5%) and Competitive Awards (7.5%), which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships like the Rhodes, the Marshall and the Fulbright. Forbes conducts its rankings with research from the Center for College Affordability & Productivity. A complete methodology is available here<\/a>. Clark University also was named one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, as recognized by The Princeton Review<\/a> in its newly released college guidebook, “The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition.” The guidebook also placed Clark among the institutions deemed “Best in the Northeast.”<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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