Methinks Forbes' methodology must be funky, but at the prices GW charges it should not be this low on any list, heck the hoops team might have a better RPI this year. What in the bleep is "Hillsdale College"? The Most Evil Place on Earth is higher than GW but not well-ranked, either. 

 Weird. Washington & Lee is #15? I mean, decent school, but geez.

Just went through the list. We survived pretty well compared to schools we associate with. Look at UMD, VCU, Seton Hall, St. Johns, Duqesne etc. Don't know their criteria but it is different than US News. Maybe a joke?

hey we moved up from #429 in 2009! (seriously)

these forbes rankings are a joke, i wouldn't pay much attention

 GW is #1 in my book.

When Cornell is #51, you know its a joke

You guys do realize that Forbes ranked Kevin McHale the Best GM in Sports, right?

 Some good points out there, I will place this list in the "bat-shit crazy crap that can be forgotten" file, though I don't consider College Park CC, Duquesne or St John's  to be  schools GW "associates" with (Tufts, AU, Tulane, and even BU would be better comparison benchmarks).  

It looks like student debt is taken into account in the methodology (about 17%).  Makes sense for GW to be kind of low.

 NYU isn't in the top 100. THat tells you all you need to know. 

Student debt, 10 year out income, and student satisfaction with experience were key factors cited by author of article in his appearance on Morning Joe on Thursday. Claimed it was more about experience/value than U.S. News rankings which he claimed were more based on reputation. Taking these or party school rankings too seriously is as fruitful as following daily Gallup Poll results for Presidential race not contested at Nationals Park

Two words - Steve Forbes. How can you take anything that mag says seriously.  Hail to the Buff!

Of course in this age of 8.3% unemployment (real rate > 15%), 1.5% GDP, Solyndra etc. I can't think of any reason why anyone would take anything a successful businessman like Forbes says. They've got it all figured out apparently.

Xman - who says making money defines sucess in business?  According to Forbes Magazine's college issue so many other factors would have to be taken into account . . . .