Top 50 ROI Colleges: 2015 Grateful Grads Index (‘Forbes’)

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Dartmouth ranks second on the Forbes “Grateful Graduates Index” that “ranks colleges by the median amount of private donations per student over a 10-year period.”

“The idea is that the best colleges are the ones that produce successful people who make enough money during their careers to be charitable, and feel compelled to give back to their alma mater” write Forbes columnists Matt Schifrin and Liyan Chen.

“Once again this year two of the smaller Ivy League institutions, Princeton University and Dartmouth College, top our list,” say Schifrin and Chen. “It would appear that colleges with smaller class sizes and more intimate educational experiences are a key factor in producing successful happy alums.”

Read the full story, published 7/29/15 by Forbes.

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