3月29日，福布斯发布了最具价值美国大学排名，该排名依据学费、学校质量、毕业成功程度以及毕业后的薪酬为评判标准。“最具价值”看的是一所大学是否值得学生及其家庭为它做出必要的投资，因为在美国，教育投资可不是一笔小数目。那么准备申请美国留学的同学也有必要参考按照以上标准评比出的最具价值美国大学排名来选校。

　　1. University of California, Berkeley, CA

　　2. Brigham Young University, UT

　　3. University of Florida, FL

　　4. University of California, Los Angeles, CA

　　5. University of California, San Diego, CA

　　6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

　　7. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

　　8. Georgia Institute of Technology, GA

　　9. Harvard University, MA

　　10. University of California, Irvine, CA

　　11. California Institute of Technology, CA

　　12. Stanford University, CA

　　13. Harvey Mudd College, CA

　　14. Princeton University, NJ

　　15. SUNY, Binghamton (Binghamton University), NY

　　16. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

　　17. University of Texas, Austin, TX

　　18. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

　　19. University of Virginia, VA

　　20. Rice University, TX

　　21. University of Pennsylvania, PA

　　22. College of William and Mary, VA

　　23. University of Washington, WA

　　24. University of Maryland, College Park, MD

　　25. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

　　26. University of California, Davis, CA

　　27. Carnegie Mellon University, PA

　　28. Yale University, CT

　　29. Virginia Tech , VA

　　30. Claremont McKenna College, CA

　　31. Duke University, NC

　　32. Washington and Lee University, VA

　　33. Georgetown University, DC

　　34. Brown University, RI

　　35. Dartmouth College, NH

　　36. Cornell University, NY

　　37. Colgate University, NY

　　38. Cooper Union, NY

　　39. Tufts University, MA

　　40. Columbia University, NY

　　41. Haverford College, PA