U.S. News & World Report today released its 2012 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2009-2011 rankings):
|
2012 Rank |
National Universities |
2011 Rank |
2010 Rank |
2009 Rank |
|
1 |
Harvard |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
Princeton |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Yale |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Columbia |
4 |
8 |
8 |
|
5 |
Penn |
5 |
4 |
6 |
|
5 |
Stanford |
5 |
4 |
4 |
|
5 |
Cal-Tech |
7 |
4 |
6 |
|
5 |
MIT |
7 |
4 |
4 |
|
5 |
Chicago |
9 |
8 |
8 |
|
10 |
Duke |
9 |
10 |
8 |
|
11 |
Dartmouth |
9 |
11 |
11 |
|
12 |
Northwestern |
12 |
12 |
12 |
|
13 |
Johns Hopkins |
13 |
14 |
15 |
|
14 |
Washington (St. Louis) |
13 |
12 |
12 |
|
15 |
Cornell |
15 |
15 |
14 |
|
15 |
Brown |
15 |
16 |
16 |
|
17 |
Rice |
17 |
17 |
17 |
|
17 |
Vanderbilt |
17 |
17 |
18 |
|
19 |
Notre Dame |
19 |
20 |
18 |
|
20 |
Emory |
20 |
17 |
18 |
|
21 |
UC-Berkeley |
22 |
21 |
21 |
|
22 |
Georgetown |
21 |
23 |
23 |
|
23 |
Carnegie-Mellon |
23 |
22 |
22 |
|
23 |
USC |
23 |
26 |
27 |
|
25 |
UCLA |
25 |
24 |
25 |
|
25 |
Virginia |
25 |
24 |
23 |
|
25 |
Wake Forest |
25 |
28 |
28 |
|
2012 Rank |
Liberal Arts Colleges |
2011 Rank |
2010 Rank |
2009 Rank |
|
1 |
Williams |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Amherst |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
Swarthmore |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Pomona |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
5 |
Middlebury |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
6 |
Bowdoin |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
6 |
Wellesley |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
6 |
Carleton |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
9 |
Claremont-McKenna |
11 |
11 |
11 |
|
10 |
Haverford |
9 |
10 |
10 |
|
11 |
Davidson |
8 |
8 |
9 |
|
12 |
Washington & Lee |
14 |
14 |
17 |
|
12 |
Wesleyan |
12 |
13 |
13 |
|
14 |
Vassar |
12 |
11 |
11 |
|
14 |
U.S. Military Academy |
16 |
14 |
14 |
|
14 |
U.S. Naval Academy |
16 |
19 |
22 |
|
17 |
Hamilton |
18 |
21 |
20 |
|
18 |
Harvey Mudd |
18 |
14 |
14 |
|
19 |
Grinnell |
18 |
14 |
14 |
|
19 |
Smith |
14 |
18 |
18 |
|
21 |
Bates |
21 |
25 |
25 |
|
21 |
Colgate |
21 |
19 |
18 |
|
21 |
Colby College |
23 |
22 |
24 |
|
24 |
Oberlin |
23 |
22 |
20 |
|
25 |
Bryn Mawr |
28 |
25 |
23 |
