Online collegiate resource “Niche” has rated Auburn the best university in Alabama, while the magazine “Money” has named Auburn as the best value in the state.

Money says it factors in affordability, quality of education and graduates’ earnings potential to the rankings they publish. The publication highlighted Auburn’s 78% graduation rate as a positive indicator of value.

Niche calls its college ranking system “rigorous” and lays out numerous details of its process on a webpage dedicated to the factors that go into the rankings.

Auburn has now topped the rankings by both publications for multiple years in a row.

Money did not rank colleges by any other metric than value, so Auburn is first overall in the state, according to the publication. The University of Alabama placed No. 2 and Samford University placed No. 3.

Niche also rated the University Alabama No. 2, but the University of Alabama in Huntsville came in ahead of Samford for the No. 3 spot.

Niche was the only one of the two publications which took into account student testimonials and added into its score things like the food on campus.

Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @HenryThornton95