top 20 colleges of the philippines

i got this list from philippine star demand and supply by boo chanco. the list contains 11 from manila, 2 from visayas and 7 from mindanao. although my alma mater mindanao polytechnic state college [mpsc] from cagayan de oro city is not in the list, i was very happy because 35 percent of the schools are from mindanao. here is the list:

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus/Luzon);
2. University of the Philippines (Los Banos Campus/Luzon);
3. University of the Philippines (Manila Campus/Luzon);
4. Silliman University (Dumaguete City/Visayas);
5. Ateneo de Davao University (Davao/Mindanao);
6. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila/Luzon);
7. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila/Luzon);
8. Mindanao State University (Iligan Institute of Tech/Mindanao);
9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila/Luzon);
10. Saint Louis University (Baguio City/Luzon);
11. University of San Carlos (Cebu City/Visayas);
12. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro/Mindanao);
13. Mindanao State University (Main/Mindanao);
14. Urios College (Butuan City/Mindanao);
15. Polytechnic University of the Philippines(Manila/Luzon);
16. De La Salle University (Manila/Luzon);
17. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila/Luzon);
18. Adamson University (Manila/Luzon);
19. Central Mindanao University ( Bukidnon/Mindanao);
20. University of Southern Philippines (Davao/Mindanao).

boo chanco's point here is not all the schools in manila are top performing. and instead of sending your children, brothers and sisters in manila to study why not pick schools from the list which maybe low on tuition fees and other costs.

why send your children on some schools in manila which are not in the list or offer higher tution fee? and worst some colleges here in manila don't have ched accreditation.

just take note of the list of schools above, la salle is at 16th place and out performed by 2 schools from visayas and 5 from mindanao. and i'm sure that the tution fee in la salle is 50% more compared with the private schools in visayas and mindanao. and you can even save more from tution fees if you study in some state colleges which offer socialize tution fees.

what made me think is, expensive tution fee does not make you secure a job when you graduate. and if you apply for the job, don't forget to write the ranking of your school.