--- title: 'QUIZ: Can You Name the Best College?' description: Test your knowledge of the best colleges in the country with our quiz on costs, educational quality, and alumni outcomes. authors: - name: Kaitlin Mulhere role: Editor url: https://money.com/author/kaitlin-mulhere/ bio: Kaitlin Mulhere is an editor at Money.com. Since joining in 2015, she’s written and edited about a variety of personal finance topics, including banks, credit, student debt, saving strategies and more. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2015 articles: 217 covers: - Education - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/KMulhere - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlin-mulhere-64503048/ published: '2016-07-15T16:30:17.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T02:49:19.000Z' section: Education tags: - Best colleges - college rankings - graduation rate - money magazine - most affordable college word_count: 131 canonical: https://money.com/quiz-can-you-name-the-best-college/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![QUIZ: Can You Name the Best College?](https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/141017_gen_ff_education.jpg?crop=119px%2C85px%2C2536px%2C1427px&resize=1012%2C569&quality=85&strip&ssl=1) To produce Money’s new [Best Colleges rankings](https://money.com/best-colleges/rankings/), we analyzed colleges’ performance on 24 factors related to educational quality, affordability, and student success. By the time we were done, we had whittled a list of roughly 2,000 nonprofit, four-year colleges in the U.S. down to the 705 schools that we believe provide the best overall value for your money. We also found that certain colleges excel in particular categories, such as graduation rates or how happy their alumni are with their jobs—and sometimes they aren't the ones you'd expect. Hence this quiz. Here’s hoping you’ve studied—or at least read—our [college rankings coverage](https://money.com/best-value-colleges-money/), because the Best Colleges pop quiz starts now. 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