The Top 31 Colleges In Massachusetts For 2019: Forbes

New college rankings from Forbes Magazine name 650 schools — including 31 in Massachusetts — that it says are among the best in the country for 2019. Harvard topped topped Forbes' list, while MIT was fourth. The magazine says that whether a school ranks among the top 10 or is closer to the bottom, the institutions still "count as the best in the country."

Forbes' annual rankings looks at colleges that "deliver the top academics, career success and lowest debt."

Here’s how Massachusetts colleges were ranked on Forbes' survey:

• 1. Harvard University
• 4. MIT
• 19. Williams College
• 28. Amherst College
• 34. Tufts University
• 41. Boston College
• 44. Wellesley College
• 62. Babson College
• 74. Boston University
• 77. College of the Holy Cross
• 81. Smith College
• 93. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 96. Brandeis University
• 107. Bentley University
• 137. Mount Holyoke College
• 155. UMass
• 182. Northeastern University
• 206. Clark University
• 222. Emerson College
• 227. Stonehill College
• 264. Wheaton College
• 284. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
• 350. Simmons College
• 355. Wentworth Institute of Technology
• 357. Gordon College
• 373. Hampshire College
• 379. Assumption College
• 380. Merrimack College
• 404. Berklee College of Music
• 408. University of Massachusetts - Lowell
• 529. University of Massachusetts - Boston

The top 10 colleges on Forbes’ list are:

1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Princeton University
6. University of Pennsylvania
7. Brown University
8. California Institute of Technology
9. Duke University
10. Dartmouth College

The methodology behind the rankings looks at five categories: alumni salary, student satisfaction, debt, on-time graduation rate and academic success. (Read more about Forbes' methodology.)