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The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the best colleges in the nation is out, and two Massachusetts schools made the top ten.
The publication releases its ranking of the best colleges every year based on several factors, including academic reputation, cost of attendance and return on investment.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology took the No. 2 spot on the list this year, while Harvard University followed at No. 3.
Several other colleges in the New England area scored high on the list, such as Yale University and Brown University.
Here’s what to know.
Best colleges in the country, per U.S. News & World Report annual ranking
Several New England and Massachusetts area universities ranked high on this year’s list of best colleges from U.S. News & World Report. Here are the top 10:
- Princeton University
- 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3. Harvard University
- 4. Stanford University
- 5. Yale University
- 6. California Institute of Technology (tie)
- 6. Duke University (tie)
- 6. Johns Hopkins University (tie)
- 6. Northwestern University (tie)
- 10. University of Pennsylvania
Best colleges in Massachusetts, per U.S. News & World Report annual ranking
Massachusetts-based colleges scored highly on this year’s list of best schools from the U.S. News & World Report, with many making the top 100.
Here’s how the top 10 colleges in Massachusetts scored on the national list:
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Harvard University
37. Boston College (tie with Tufts University)
37. Tufts University (tie with Boston College)
41. Boston University (tie with The Ohio State University and Rutgers University – New Brunswick)
54. Northeastern University (tie with Florida State University, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and William & Mary)
58. University of Massachusetts at Amherst (tie with North Carolina State University, Stony Brook University – SUNY, University of California, Merced and Villanova University)
63. Brandeis University (tie with George Washington University, Michigan State University, The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, Santa Clara University, Tulane University and University of Miami)
86. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (tie with Drexel University, Howard University, Marquette University and University of Delaware)
132. Clark University (tie with Fairfield University, Loyola University Chicago and University of Oklahoma)
How U.S. News & World Report calculates ranking for best colleges list
U.S. News & World Report determines its annual best colleges list by evaluating nearly 1,500 colleges and universities using more than a dozen categories of “academic quality,” the publication said in a release.
More than half of a school’s ranking is calculated based on outcome measures like graduation rates and post-graduation earning rates, according to the release.
The rest of the score is calculated using data like faculty salaries, student-to-faculty ratio and standardized test scores.
