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Ranking US Universities
Higher education is a competitive space in the United States, with over 5,000 Higher Education institutions in the nation, Universities must excel in various areas to be ranked in the top. Here is a breakdown of the annual top 5 colleges ranked by US News. US News & World Report has measured 1,466 institutions in the US offering bachelor’s degrees on the ranking factors and subfactors detailed in this blog.
The Ranking Critera
Graduation and retention rates
Average six-year graduation rate
Average first year student retention rate
Social mobility
Pell grant graduation rates
Pell grant graduation rate performance
Graduation rate performance
Undergraduate academic reputation
Peer assessment survey
Faculty resources for 2020-2021 academic year
Class size index
Faculty compensation
Percent faculty with terminal degree in their field
Percent faculty that is full time
Student-faculty ratio
Student selectivity for the fall 2020 entering class
Math and evidence-based reading and writing portions of the sat and the composite act scores
High school class standing in top 10%
High school class standing in top 25%
Acceptance rate
Financial resources per student
Average alumni giving rate
Graduate indebtedness
Graduate indebtedness total
Graduate indebtedness proportion with debt
The Rankings
Here are the rankings:
Princeton University
Princeton university’s ranking in the 2022 edition of best colleges is national universities, #1. The total undergraduate enrollment at Princeton in fall 2020 was 4,773 students and their campus size is 600 acres. Tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,010 per year.Columbia University
Columbia university’s ranking in the 2022 edition of best colleges is national universities, #2. The total undergraduate enrollment at Columbia in 2020 was 6,170 students and their campus size is 36 acres. Tuition and fees at Columbia are $63,530 per year.Harvard University
Harvard university’s ranking in the 2022 edition of best colleges is national universities, #2. The total undergraduate enrollment at Harvard in 2020 was 5,222 students, and the campus size is 5,076 acres. Tuition and fees at Harvard are $55,587.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of technology’s ranking in the 2022 edition of best colleges is national universities, #2. The total undergraduate enrollment at MIT in 2020 is 4,361 students, and the campus size is 168 acres. Tuition and fees at MIT are $55,878 per year.Yale University
Yale University ranking in the 2022 edition of best colleges is national universities, #5. The total undergraduate enrollment at Yale in 2020 was 4,703 students, and the campus size is 373 acres. Tuition and fees at Yale are $59,950 per year.
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