Us news and world report college rankings

The US News & World Report college rankings are a widely recognized and influential ranking system that evaluates colleges and universities in the United States. Here are the general categories and rankings:

National Universities

  1. Princeton University
  2. Harvard University
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  4. Yale University
  5. Stanford University
  6. University of Chicago
  7. Johns Hopkins University
  8. University of Pennsylvania
  9. Duke University
  10. Northwestern University

Liberal Arts Colleges

  1. Williams College
  2. Amherst College
  3. Swarthmore College
  4. Pomona College
  5. Wellesley College
  6. Bowdoin College
  7. Carleton College
  8. Middlebury College
  9. Haverford College
  10. Claremont McKenna College

Regional Universities

North

  1. University of Pennsylvania
  2. Johns Hopkins University
  3. University of Pittsburgh
  4. Carnegie Mellon University
  5. University of Rochester
  6. Case Western Reserve University
  7. University of Delaware
  8. Temple University
  9. Drexel University
  10. Lehigh University

South

  1. University of Virginia
  2. Duke University
  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  4. Washington and Lee University
  5. University of Georgia
  6. Vanderbilt University
  7. Emory University
  8. University of Tennessee
  9. University of Alabama
  10. Georgia Institute of Technology

West

  1. Stanford University
  2. University of California, Berkeley
  3. University of Washington
  4. University of Southern California (USC)
  5. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  6. University of Oregon
  7. University of Colorado Boulder
  8. University of Utah
  9. Arizona State University
  10. University of Arizona

Midwest

  1. University of Chicago
  2. Northwestern University
  3. University of Michigan
  4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  5. Indiana University Bloomington
  6. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  7. Ohio State University
  8. University of Minnesota
  9. University of Iowa
  10. Purdue University

The rankings are based on a variety of factors, including:

  1. Academic reputation (25%)
  2. graduation and retention rates (20%)
  3. faculty resources (20%)
  4. student selectivity (15%)
  5. financial resources (10%)
  6. alumni giving (5%)
  7. graduation rate performance (5%)

It's worth noting that while the US News & World Report rankings can be helpful in evaluating colleges and universities, they are not the only measure of a school's quality or a student's potential success. Other factors, such as program offerings, campus culture, and location, should also be considered when choosing a college or university.