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New College Rankings: An Ivy Deadheat

Harvard, Princeton top universities list

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2011 2:34 PM CDT

(Newser) US News and World Report has released its latest college rankings, and it’s full of the usual suspects, with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale topping the list; not much has changed since last year. Among liberal arts colleges, Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore lead the pack. The magazine also presents its best universities in the world: The UK is on top, with Cambridge at No. 1, followed by Harvard and Yale (don’t ask us why Yale beats Princeton worldwide but not nationally).

The top 10 national universities:

1. Harvard University (tie)
1. Princeton University (tie)
3. Yale University
4. Columbia University
5. California Institute of Technology (tie)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tie)
5. Stanford University (tie)
5. University of Chicago (tie)
5. University of Pennsylvania (tie)
10. Duke

Click through for the full list.

Harvard University students walk through the campus.
Harvard University students walk through the campus.   (Getty Images)
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opheliaglass
Sep 14, 2011 7:12 AM CDT
Check out the unranked colleges----to be on this list, the university must require SAT scores.  The ranking list is based on a formula, anyway, and not the actual experience.
hatchling1
Sep 13, 2011 5:57 PM CDT
I went to a "no name" college... got a great education, motivation, one on one interaction with faculty and terrific experiences. I attended a summer course at Yale [lived in CT] and was unimpressed... very impersonal and snobby. It was basically a useless overly expensive experience, except as resume' material. Prestige has little to do with quality for the average student.
guvner
Sep 13, 2011 2:53 PM CDT
Have we had any Princeton grads as presidents? Seems the Yale/Harvard one was pretty dopey, and now the Columbia/Harvard one is utterly incompetent. This is all fodder for the easily impressed groupies with very little impact in the real world.
 

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