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[0:00] ..." talked with Jane Bennett Clark she's a senior associate editor of kiplinger's personal finance magazine and Jane you put this list together. Looking at colleges and what values are good for parents and students out there"...
[1:01] ..." one and Celtic also it is great financially and that's an incredible student faculty ratio that's numbered. Students or faculty member on. Just three students for every in that's amazing."...
[1:17] ..." up to three and four. That is correct now you talked about student teacher ratio financial aid what other criteria did you look at."...
[1:31] ..." who were accepted at the school. Let's see -- book acts that test scores of incoming freshman. We look at the graduation rates which are really important missing private schools which are. I attended the kind of -- so to graduation rate is coming -- actually are able to graduate within four"...
[0:00]" We talked with Jane Bennett Clark she's a senior associate editor of kiplinger's personal finance magazine and Jane you put this list together. Looking at colleges and what values are good for parents and students out there specifically we're talking this morning about private colleges. And I know Massachusetts fares well in that list."
[0:18]" I actually Massachusetts electric on the list. There are by my count about. Eight or nine put on the university intensified on deep private the -- comic effect so. Massachusetts once again and has in a strong performance."
[0:35]" Let's talk about the private universities Harvard comes in at number five."
[0:39]" That's right Harvard as well as he's actually -- his. I'm written in the rankings just -- little -- the previous here Harvard continues to give great financially and obviously its quality is outstanding."
[0:52]" Well if it comes in at number five I'm sure a lot of people are asking number 123."
[0:58]" That's right -- cal tech once again is number one and Celtic also it is great financially and that's an incredible student faculty ratio that's numbered. Students or faculty member on. Just three students for every in that's amazing."
[1:15]" And Princeton Yale and rice make up to three and four. That is correct now you talked about student teacher ratio financial aid what other criteria did you look at."
[1:27]" We look at the admission rate -- the number. Applicants who were accepted at the school. Let's see -- book acts that test scores of incoming freshman. We look at the graduation rates which are really important missing private schools which are. I attended the kind of -- so to graduation rate is coming -- actually are able to graduate within four or five years."
[1:51]" And what about when it comes to value you'd like to think you can get a job a well paying job with your education. -- look at that at all."
[1:59]" No we do not act fact -- for one thing. That back contend is skewed towards schools that Trent Lott. Students were going into high paying professions like engineers so we we try we. -- to afford that -- just for that reason we don't want to neglect the great -- colleges and in our country."
[2:17]" got you there. Let's talk about some of the other Massachusetts schools affair on your list when it comes to the private universities."
[2:24]" Right let's see we have heart and Harvard again we mentioned and -- and I can need to Boston College Brandeis. Bentley Emerson -- EU on the university side. And then William coach doesn't. That's really well and our rankings at number three. Amherst College of the Holy Cross the wealthy and ethnic that the liberal arts banking."
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