U.S. News & World Report today released its 2015 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2012-2014 rankings):
|
2015 Rank |
National Universities |
2014 Rank |
2013 Rank |
2012 Rank |
|
1 |
Princeton |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Yale |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Columbia |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
4 |
Stanford |
5 |
6 |
5 |
|
4 |
Chicago |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
7 |
MIT |
7 |
6 |
5 |
|
8 |
Duke |
7 |
8 |
10 |
|
8 |
Penn |
7 |
8 |
5 |
|
10 |
Cal-Tech |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
11 |
Dartmouth |
10 |
10 |
11 |
|
12 |
Johns Hopkins |
12 |
13 |
13 |
|
13 |
Northwestern |
12 |
12 |
12 |
|
14 |
Washington (St. Louis) |
14 |
14 |
14 |
|
15 |
Cornell |
16 |
15 |
15 |
|
16 |
Brown |
14 |
15 |
15 |
|
16 |
Vanderbilt |
17 |
17 |
17 |
|
18 |
Notre Dame |
18 |
17 |
19 |
|
19 |
Rice |
18 |
17 |
17 |
|
20 |
UC-Berkeley |
20 |
21 |
21 |
|
21 |
Emory |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
21 |
Georgetown |
20 |
21 |
22 |
|
23 |
UCLA |
23 |
24 |
25 |
|
23 |
Virginia |
23 |
24 |
25 |
|
25 |
Carnegie Mellon |
23 |
23 |
23 |
|
25 |
USC |
23 |
24 |
23 |
|
27 |
Wake Forest |
23 |
27 |
25 |
|
2015 Rank |
Liberal Arts Colleges |
2014 Rank |
2013 Rank |
2012 Rank |
|
1 |
Williams |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Amherst |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
Swarthmore |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Wellesley |
7 |
6 |
6 |
|
5 |
Pomona |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
5 |
Bowdoin |
4 |
6 |
6 |
|
7 |
Middlebury |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
8 |
Carleton |
7 |
8 |
6 |
|
8 |
Haverford |
9 |
9 |
10 |
|
8 |
Clermont-McKenna |
9 |
10 |
9 |
|
11 |
Davidson |
9 |
12 |
11 |
|
11 |
Vassar |
13 |
10 |
14 |
|
13 |
U.S. Naval Academy |
12 |
14 |
14 |
|
14 |
Washington & Lee |
14 |
14 |
12 |
|
15 |
Hamilton |
14 |
16 |
17 |
|
15 |
Harvey Mudd |
16 |
12 |
18 |
|
15 |
Colby |
22 |
18 |
21 |
|
15 |
Wesleyan |
22 |
22 |
21 |
|
19 |
Bates |
17 |
17 |
12 |
|
19 |
Grinnell |
17 |
22 |
19 |
|
19 |
Smith |
20 |
18 |
19 |
|
22 |
Colgate |
20 |
18 |
21 |
|
23 |
Oberlin |
25 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
Macalester |
24 |
24 |
|
|
24 |
Scripps |
25 |
24 |
|
|
24 |
U.S. Military Academy |
17 |
18 |
14 |
Update: Washington Post, U.S. News College Rankings Trends, 2010-2015:
These tables show the top 150 drawn from each of two U.S. News lists of national universities and national liberal arts colleges.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/09/2015-us-news-.html
