2013 Forbes College Rankings

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This year Louisiana Tech moved up to No. 471 overall (from No. 503 last year) and came in at No. 188 (No. 187 last year) in the research universities category. Tech is also ranked No. 113 in the South.

Forbes America's Top Colleges 2013
128. Tulane
179. LSU
454. Centenary
471. Louisiana Tech
486. Loyola
534. LA-Lafayette
542. UNO
587. Southeastern LA
646. Dillard

Not Ranked: ULM, Grambling, LSUS, LSUA, NWST, McNeese, Nicholls, Southern, SUNO, LC, Xavier, OLHCC

See the full rankings from 1 to 650 here: http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

The Baton Rouge Advocate: Louisiana colleges lag in rankings

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What is the basis of Centenary's higher ranking?

[Dawg06]

What is the basis of Centenary's higher ranking?

The Forbes rankings have always been very favorable to the private liberal arts colleges.

You can't fairly compare a liberal arts college to a research university with the same metrics, and that's why USN&WR and others separate the different types of schools with the Carnegie classifications.

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Forbes America's Top Colleges 2013 (C-USA)
33. Rice
128. Tulane
152. Tulsa
435. UAB
451. UTEP
471. Louisiana Tech
488. Charlotte
508. East Carolina
510. WKU
514. Old Dominion
515. Florida Atlantic
521. FIU
574. North Texas
576. Southern Miss
606. UTSA
607. Middle Tennessee
NR. Marshall