The 20 private colleges in the US that offer the best value for your money

Private college comes with a sizable price tag, but oftentimes, it's a worthy investment.

Kiplinger recently released its list of 300 best-value public and private schools, ranked based on quality - including test scores of incoming students, admission rates, academic support, and graduation rates - and cost measures, such as total cost, financial aid packages, and average debt at graduation.

Read Kiplinger's full methodology here.

Here, we rounded up the 20 best-value private colleges on the list, along with total annual cost, average need-based aid, and average student debt upon graduation for each.

We also included the median earnings of students 10 years after starting their studies, from the US Department of Education's College Scorecard: