Forbes' Best Colleges 2008
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30 College Ranking Surprises
Forbes has developed its first annual rankings of America's Best Colleges as an alternative to the U.S. News & World Report rankings everyone is used to.What the rankings showed was unexpected: Several relatively unknown schools did very well and there were some interesting regional surprises too. Click through our gallery as we highlight five schools Forbes found surprising, then check out the full list of 30 surprises at Forbes.com.
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First Up: West Point
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