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Huntington University has been listed as one of America's Best Colleges by Forbes.com.

In the list released Thursday, Huntington University was ranked 289th overall and ninth in the state of Indiana.

Huntington was ranked among other top Indiana schools, including Taylor University and Goshen College, and above some state schools, including Purdue University and Ball State University. According to the U.S. Department of Education, there are more than 4,000 college campuses in the United States. Forbes.com ranked only the top 15 percent of all undergraduate institutions.

The Center for College Affordability and Productivity, in conjunction with Forbes, compiled its college rankings using five general categories: student satisfaction, postgraduate success, student debt, four-year graduation rate and competitive awards from outside data sources, including the U.S. Department of Education, RateMyProfessor.com and Payscale.com. The rankings are objectively determined, with subjective judgments to which factors to include and the weights of those factors, according to Forbes.com.

This is the third year for the Forbes.com rankings.

On its 2010 list, U.S. News & World Report ranked Huntington as sixth among the Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Midwest region and as No. 5 in the Best Values category for Baccalaureate Colleges in the Midwest. The 2011 results are scheduled to be released next week. Recently, the Princeton Review named Huntington as one of the best colleges in the Midwest for the third consecutive year.