Us news university ranking 2018

The 2018 US News & World Report Best Colleges rankings were released in September 2017. Here are the top 10 universities in the US, according to the rankings:

National Universities

  1. Princeton University (NJ)
  2. Harvard University (MA)
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  4. Yale University (CT)
  5. Stanford University (CA)
  6. University of Chicago (IL)
  7. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
  8. University of Pennsylvania (PA)
  9. Duke University (NC)
  10. Northwestern University (IL)

Liberal Arts Colleges

  1. Williams College (MA)
  2. Amherst College (MA)
  3. Swarthmore College (PA)
  4. Pomona College (CA)
  5. Wellesley College (MA)
  6. Bowdoin College (ME)
  7. Carleton College (MN)
  8. Middlebury College (VT)
  9. Haverford College (PA)
  10. Claremont McKenna College (CA)

Engineering Schools

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. California Institute of Technology (CA)
  4. University of California, Berkeley (CA)
  5. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  6. University of Michigan (MI)
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
  8. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
  9. Purdue University (IN)
  10. University of Texas at Austin (TX)

Business Schools

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) (PA)
  2. University of Chicago (IL)
  3. Harvard University (MA)
  4. Stanford University (CA)
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  6. University of California, Berkeley (CA)
  7. Northwestern University (IL)
  8. University of Michigan (MI)
  9. New York University (NY)
  10. University of Texas at Austin (TX)

Law Schools

  1. Yale University (CT)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. Harvard University (MA)
  4. University of Chicago (IL)
  5. New York University (NY)
  6. University of Pennsylvania (PA)
  7. Columbia University (NY)
  8. University of California, Berkeley (CA)
  9. Northwestern University (IL)
  10. University of Virginia (VA)

Note that these rankings are based on a variety of factors, including academic reputation, graduation rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, and alumni success.