美國大學性價比排行出爐 伯里亞學院居首

Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University rank as the best schools in the nation.

哈佛大學、麻省理工大學與耶魯大學被列爲全美國最好的三所大學。

But in terms of value for the money, Berea College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Washington, Seattle top the list.

但在性價比方面，位於肯塔基州的伯里亞學院、北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校和華盛頓大學西雅圖分校位居前三。

Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Ind., and the University of California, Los Angeles round out the top five, with Harvard coming in sixth.

前五名中的另外兩所是普渡大學西拉法葉校區以及加州大學洛杉磯分校，哈佛大學則位列第六。

This year, for the first time, the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings calculated which schools among the top 250 overall provide the best value, by dividing each school's overall score by its average net price—including tuition, fees, room and board—for students who received federal or institutional aid.

今年的《華爾街日報》/《泰晤士報高等教育》大學排名首次用每所學校的總分數除以獲聯邦政府或機構資助學生的平均學費淨額（包括學費、雜費、食宿費），評選出了全美前250所大學中性價比最高的學校。

Berea College, a liberal-arts school in Kentucky that landed at No. 231 in the overall ranking, leads the list for best value because its expectation that students work on campus and its hefty endowment allow it to charge no tuition and keep its average net price at $2,862 for first-year students, according to federal data for 2015-16.

在總榜單上排名第231位的文科類大學伯里亞學院在性價比方面排名第一，該校提倡學生在校內工作，加上捐款豐厚，所以不收取學費。根據2015-16年的聯邦數據，該校學生入學第一年的平均學費淨額爲2862美元。

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, No. 37 overall, is the No. 2 best-value school.

北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校總排名第37，但性價比排名第二。

Its Carolina Covenant ensures debt-free graduation for students whose families earn less than double the federal poverty level, just under $50,000 for a family of four last year, and other aid programs help even middle-income students. The school's average net price was just over $10,000.

該校的卡羅來納公約計劃可以確保家庭收入低於兩倍聯邦貧困水平、或是來自四口之家且過去一年收入不到5萬美元的。學生在無需負債的情況下完成學業。有些資助項目甚至會爲中等收入家庭的學生提供資助。該校平均學雜費淨額僅1萬美元出頭。

Seven of the top 10 best-value schools are public institutions. Those private schools that are toward the top of the list tend to have significant endowments, meaning they can devote substantial resources to financial aid.

性價比排名前十的學校中有七所是公立學校。排名靠前的私立學校通常都能獲得大額捐款，從而得以將大量資源投入到助學款項上。