近日，美國金錢雜誌(Money Magazine)公佈本年度全美性價比最高大學排名，普林斯頓大學位居榜首，密歇根大學和哈佛大學緊隨其後。這是該雜誌從教育品質、學費、畢業初期薪酬、畢業生對工作滿意程度等20餘項指標，對全美705所大學進行考察後發佈的結果，旨在爲家長和學生擇校提供參考。
本榜單的算法中綜合考慮了教育質量、費用可承受性、就業結果三方面均衡來考慮大學的價值。
排名第4位至第10位的學校分別如下：萊斯大學、加州大學伯克利分校、楊百翰大學、安默斯特學院、庫伯聯盟學院、弗吉尼亞大學、斯坦福大學。Top100榜單具體如下：
| OverallMONEYRankCollege Name | Est. price 2016-17 without aid | Est. price 2016-17 with avg. aid | % who get need-based aid | % who get merit aid | Early career earnings | Avg. SAT/ACT score |
| 1Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $61,300 | $20,100 | 59% | N/A | $62,800 | 1505 / 33 |
| 2University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | $28,100 | $14,300 | 30% | 16% | $59,000 | 1380 / 30 |
| 3Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | $64,800 | $18,900 | 58% | N/A | $62,900 | 1505 / 34 |
| 4Rice UniversityHouston, TX | $58,600 | $24,300 | 39% | 13% | $63,700 | 1460 / 33 |
| 5University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | $35,700 | $25,300 | 51% | 2% | $60,300 | 1355 / 30 |
| 5Brigham Young University-ProvoProvo, UT | $18,500 | $14,700 | 39% | 23% | $51,800 | 1255 / 29 |
| 7Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA | $66,600 | $18,000 | 58% | N/A | $53,400 | 1440 / 32 |
| 8Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY | $62,800 | $22,200 | 32% | 68% | $63,200 | 1355 / 31 |
| 9University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA | $28,100 | $12,000 | 27% | 3% | $55,400 | 1355 / 31 |
| 10Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $65,300 | $22,000 | 48% | N/A | $68,600 | 1475 / 33 |
| 11Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | $63,500 | $26,300 | 56% | N/A | $74,800 | 1500 / 34 |
| 12Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | $66,600 | $22,000 | 50% | N/A | $58,800 | 1500 / 34 |
| 13Texas A & M University-College StationCollege Station, TX | $23,900 | $15,900 | 37% | 7% | $55,100 | 1180 / 26 |
| 14University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA | $32,500 | $24,700 | 58% | 2% | $53,700 | 1280 / 28 |
| 15University of FloridaGainesville, FL | $21,400 | $15,500 | 34% | 5% | $49,700 | 1265 / 29 |
| 16University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA | $32,900 | $25,500 | 67% | 2% | $50,600 | 1130 / 24 |
| 17University of California-DavisDavis, CA | $35,100 | $26,900 | 63% | 4% | $51,000 | 1195 / 26 |
| 18Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA | $26,900 | $22,600 | 32% | 12% | $55,300 | 1220 / NA |
| 19University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD | $25,300 | $17,600 | 35% | 13% | $54,500 | 1310 / NA |
| 20University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $34,300 | $23,400 | 54% | 3% | $52,200 | 1300 / 28 |
| 21Clemson UniversityClemson, SC | $30,300 | $22,700 | 37% | 24% | $53,100 | 1245 / 29 |
| 22University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | $30,800 | $22,100 | 37% | 11% | $56,800 | 1355 / 29 |
| 22Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA | $65,200 | $24,100 | 56% | N/A | $49,200 | 1460 / 33 |
| 24California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | $63,500 | $30,100 | 50% | N/A | $76,000 | 1545 / 34 |
| 25Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, MN | $52,400 | $28,300 | 66% | 26% | $47,400 | 1096 / 26 |
| 26University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | $66,800 | $26,400 | 47% | N/A | $60,700 | 1450 / 32 |
| 27Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN | $64,800 | $24,600 | 45% | 10% | $58,300 | 1490 / 33 |
| 28Earlham CollegeRichmond, IN | $56,700 | $24,700 | 64% | 11% | $45,600 | 1245 / 29 |
| 29Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA | $62,500 | $19,300 | 41% | 8% | $53,900 | 1385 / 32 |
| 30University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA | $27,800 | $19,700 | 37% | 5% | $54,000 | 1230 / 28 |
| 31Brown UniversityProvidence, RI | $65,200 | $24,600 | 45% | N/A | $57,500 | 1435 / 32 |
| 31University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN | $65,000 | $29,800 | 43% | 7% | $58,700 | 1430 / 33 |
| 33Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH | $67,800 | $24,500 | 49% | N/A | $60,200 | 1455 / 32 |
| 34Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA | $63,600 | $24,300 | 62% | N/A | $49,000 | 1410 / 31 |
| 35Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | $25,700 | $17,700 | 39% | 7% | $63,800 | 1360 / 30 |
| 36College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VA | $32,400 | $14,400 | 28% | 5% | $47,400 | 1365 / 30 |
| 37Washington State UniversityPullman, WA | $29,300 | $23,500 | 49% | 2% | $49,200 | 1030 / 22 |
| 38University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT | $29,400 | $20,300 | 41% | 11% | $52,400 | 1230 / 28 |
| 39Duke UniversityDurham, NC | $66,600 | $24,900 | 41% | 12% | $61,600 | 1455 / 32 |
| 40Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY | $64,300 | $25,800 | 47% | N/A | $54,800 | 1385 / 31 |
| 41University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA | $35,600 | $26,200 | 67% | 5% | $49,600 | 1095 / 23 |
| 42Virginia Military InstituteLexington, VA | $28,100 | $13,800 | 43% | 14% | $56,400 | 1150 / 25 |
| 43Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, MA | $23,600 | $16,400 | 44% | 9% | $58,400 | 1055 / 22 |
| 43Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME | $64,100 | $25,800 | 45% | 3% | $48,900 | 1435 / 32 |
| 45University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC | $26,700 | $12,900 | 43% | 5% | $46,500 | 1305 / 30 |
| 46Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC | $63,400 | $25,600 | 48% | 7% | $50,000 | 1335 / 31 |
| 47College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, MN | $53,900 | $30,100 | 69% | 24% | $41,800 | 1059 / 26 |
| 48Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT | $63,600 | $24,400 | 42% | N/A | $49,300 | 1375 / 32 |
| 49Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA | $66,600 | $23,700 | 50% | N/A | $53,100 | 1445 / 32 |
| 50The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | $27,400 | $21,300 | 35% | 1% | $53,000 | 1260 / 28 |
| 51Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | $23,900 | $16,500 | 30% | 11% | $56,200 | 1200 / 27 |
| 52Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | $69,300 | $24,300 | 48% | N/A | $61,300 | 1480 / 33 |
| 52St Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, TX | $41,100 | $26,700 | 77% | 25% | $43,100 | 1050 / 23 |
| 54University of DelawareNewark, DE | $27,300 | $19,300 | 41% | 23% | $50,700 | 1170 / 27 |
| 54Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI | $26,400 | $17,100 | 34% | 7% | $49,600 | 1120 / 26 |
| 56University of GeorgiaAthens, GA | $23,600 | $16,000 | 40% | 6% | $47,000 | 1235 / 28 |
| 56University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, IL | $30,700 | $24,700 | 61% | 3% | $51,000 | 1120 / 24 |
| 58University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN | $26,700 | $21,800 | 42% | 7% | $50,500 | 1300 / 28 |
| 59Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY | $64,900 | $24,600 | 34% | N/A | $55,800 | 1365 / 31 |
| 60University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston-Salem, NC | $23,100 | $17,200 | 56% | 3% | $54,800 | 1115 / 23 |
| 61Bates CollegeLewiston, ME | $65,300 | $24,800 | 44% | N/A | $46,700 | NA / NA |
| 62Maine Maritime AcademyCastine, ME | $26,900 | $21,900 | 61% | 5% | $66,000 | 1025 / 22 |
| 63University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI | $25,400 | $18,800 | 30% | 7% | $50,100 | 1280 / 28 |
| 64Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | $66,200 | $30,700 | 46% | N/A | $60,700 | 1420 / 32 |
| 65Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY | $66,000 | $23,000 | 58% | N/A | $44,500 | 1390 / 32 |
| 65College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA | $62,100 | $30,000 | 46% | 2% | $49,500 | 1384 / NA |
| 67DePauw UniversityGreencastle, IN | $58,200 | $32,800 | 55% | 42% | $47,500 | 1200 / 27 |
| 68Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT | $66,800 | $28,400 | 44% | 1% | $47,000 | 1390 / 31 |
| 69Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA | $64,400 | $29,800 | 36% | 9% | $57,800 | 1275 / 29 |
| 70Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | $68,200 | $33,000 | 43% | 5% | $56,400 | 1470 / 33 |
| 71Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA | $66,800 | $29,200 | 38% | 6% | $58,800 | 1410 / 31 |
| 72Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA | $61,200 | $34,500 | 44% | 20% | $58,400 | 1225 / 28 |
| 72Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY | $50,800 | $29,100 | 73% | 17% | $46,700 | 1120 / 25 |
| 74Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, MN | $53,600 | $29,100 | 71% | 28% | $43,900 | 1210 / 27 |
| 75Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL | $45,500 | $28,600 | 52% | 19% | $44,100 | 1315 / 30 |
| 75Colby CollegeWaterville, ME | $63,600 | $21,000 | 38% | N/A | $48,600 | 1345 / 30 |
| 77Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, IN | $25,400 | $15,600 | 35% | 27% | $46,600 | 1175 / 27 |
| 78Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA | $46,100 | $24,300 | 47% | 14% | $45,200 | 1030 / 23 |
| 79Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA | $69,300 | $37,800 | 50% | 22% | $79,700 | 1480 / 34 |
| 79University of VermontBurlington, VT | $30,900 | $17,100 | 56% | 26% | $45,400 | 1185 / 27 |
| 81Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD | $66,100 | $28,000 | 43% | 2% | $60,300 | 1415 / 32 |
| 82Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, MN | $47,700 | $31,500 | 74% | 25% | $43,800 | 1135 / 25 |
| 83University of ChicagoChicago, IL | $70,300 | $37,700 | 45% | N/A | $52,700 | 1515 / 34 |
| 84Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC | $67,100 | $28,600 | 35% | N/A | $52,900 | 1405 / 31 |
| 84Molloy CollegeRockville Centre, NY | $47,300 | $34,200 | 78% | 6% | $58,900 | 1055 / 23 |
| 86Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC | $27,400 | $14,400 | 45% | 20% | $54,100 | 1085 / 23 |
| 87Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO | $69,100 | $34,100 | 39% | 13% | $55,900 | 1485 / 33 |
| 87Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA | $59,300 | $39,000 | 50% | 33% | $48,400 | 1240 / 28 |
| 89Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | $66,000 | $29,200 | 37% | 2% | $55,000 | 1445 / 32 |
| 90Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI | $28,100 | $18,700 | 50% | 24% | $63,100 | 1215 / 27 |
| 91The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX | $26,100 | $15,300 | 48% | 22% | $50,600 | 1260 / 28 |
| 92University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | $36,200 | $27,000 | 59% | 2% | $49,700 | 1215 / 27 |
| 92Wake Forest UniversityWinston Salem, NC | $65,100 | $29,700 | 33% | 6% | $50,600 | 1430 / NA |
| 94The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ | $32,000 | $23,900 | 21% | 8% | $50,500 | 1235 / NA |
| 95Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, MN | $24,100 | $19,200 | 76% | 17% | $33,200 | 1220 / 25 |
| 95St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY | $64,100 | $34,600 | 55% | 35% | $49,800 | 1330 / NA |
| 95California State University-ChicoChico, CA | $23,300 | $18,000 | 50% | 1% | $48,100 | 1015 / 22 |
| 98Union College-SchenectadySchenectady, NY | $64,700 | $37,500 | 50% | 27% | $51,200 | 1310 / 30 |
| 99University of RochesterRochester, NY | $65,800 | $36,800 | 51% | 30% | $53,000 | 1350 / 31 |
| 100Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA | $65,000 | $25,800 | 51% | 1% | $50,000 | 1440 / 33 |
