When it comes to producing high-earning graduates with less student debt, the University of California is the best of the best, a new Forbes ranking finds, placing UC campuses in all three top spots among public universities in the country.

The Forbes 2026 “America’s Top Colleges” list, released Aug. 28, ranked eight UC campuses among its top 30 public universities, with six among the top 50 schools, public or private. Forbes’ ranking is noteworthy in its explicit emphasis on return on investment, weighting factors like alumni salary, debt and graduation rates in addition to measures of academic performance.

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