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And the U.S. News & World Report‘s Top College in America Is…

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Princeton and Williams are respectively the best university and liberal arts colleges in America, according to U.S. News & World Report‘s newly released 2015 college rankings.

Princeton took the top spot for the second year in a row, while Williams held onto its position for the 12th straight year. US News & World Report has been ranking America’s higher education institutions for 30 years.

These are U.S. News’ top 10 national universities:

1. Princeton University
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. Columbia University
4. Stanford University
4. University of Chicago
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. Duke University
8. University of Pennsylvania
10. California Institute of Technology

And here are the declared best national liberal arts colleges:

1. Williams College
2. Amherst College
3. Swarthmore College
4. Wellesley College
5. Bowdoin College
5. Pomona College
7. Middlebury College
7. Carlton College
8. Claremont McKenna College
8. Haverford College

Click here for more rankings, including that of the top public universities in the U.S.

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