# 1 Public University Named
U.S. News & World Report just released its latest U.S. college rankings.
Most people who are against academic rankings know what the academia think about this ranking system created by U.S. News & World Report. Negative remarks like “Ignore the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report,” “Why U.S. News’ College Rankings are Meaningless,” and “What’s Wrong with College Rankings” have never stopped the public from reading them.
#1 Public University is Also a World’s Top University
Listed below are schools that made the latest top rankings of National Universities, National Liberal Arts Schools, and other Public Colleges. The University of California -Berkeley has won the top spot for the 19th year in a row. What an accomplishment for a state-supported school!
| National Universities | National Liberal Arts Colleges | Top Public Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton University (#1) | Williams College (#1) | University of California-Berkeley(#1) |
| Harvard University (#2) | Amherst College(#2) | University of California - Los Angeles (#2) |
| University of Chicago (#3) | Wellesley College (#3) | University of Virginia (#2) |
| Yale University (#3) | Middlebury College (#4) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (#4) |
| Columbia University (#5) | Swarthmore College (#4) | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (#5) |
| Stanford University (#5) | Bowdoin College (#6) | College of William & Mary (#6) |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#7) | Carleton College (#7) | Georgia Institute of Technology (#7) |
| Duke University (#8) | Pomona College (#7) | University of California - Santa Barbara (#8) |
| University of Pennsylvania (#8) | Claremont McKenna College (#9) | University of California - Irvine (#9) |
| Johns Hopkins University (#10) | Davidson College (#9) | University of California - Davis (#10) |
| Dartmouth College (#11) | Washington and Lee University (#11) | University of California - San Diego (#10) |
| California Institute of Technology (#12) | Colby College (#12) | University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (#10) |
| Northwestern University (#12) | Colgate University (#12) | University of Wisconsin - Madison (#10) |
| Brown University (#14) | Hamilton College (#12) | Pennsylvania Sate University - University Park (#14) |
| Cornell University (#15) | Haverford College (#12) | University of Florida (#14) |
| Rice University (#15) | Smith College (#12) | Ohio State University - Columbus (#16) |
| University of Notre Dame (#15) | United States Naval Academy (#12) | University of Washington (#16) |
| Vanderbilt University | Vassar College(#12) | University of Georgia (#18) |
For the full list of rankings, please visit U.S. News & World Report.
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