U.S. Immigration focuses on U.S. Education: The latest 2014 Best Colleges ranking released by the authoritative magazine U.S. News & World Report shows that Princeton University has surpassed Harvard University to take the top spot, with Yale University ranking third.
Last year, in the U.S. News & World Report's national university rankings, Harvard University and Princeton University were tied for the top spot. According to the magazine's newly released 2014 ranking of the best academic research institutions in the United States, Princeton University, Harvard University, and Yale University occupy the top three positions. The top ten also includes Columbia University, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, as well as Duke University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, and the California Institute of Technology.
Harvard University
U.S. News & World Report is an English-language weekly magazine that provides comprehensive reporting and commentary in the United States, ranking third among American news magazines, following Time and Newsweek. Since 1983, the magazine has ranked U.S. universities and their departments, and this ranking is well-known.
Yale University
The ranking is derived from data analysis of nearly 1,800 schools in the United States, with evaluation criteria including tuition fees, graduation rates, reputation, and class size. It may have a significant impact on students, parents, and donors.
Columbia University
This year, the highest-ranked public school is the University of California, Berkeley, which is tied for 20th place with private universities Emory University and Georgetown University.
Stanford University
The ranking of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States remains the same as last year, with Williams College ranked first, followed by Amherst College and Swarthmore College. The magazine believes that despite rising tuition and employment pressures, the investment in attending college is still worthwhile. Data shows that in 2012, full-time workers with a bachelor's degree earned an average of $414 more per week than those with only a high school diploma. Moreover, the employment rate for graduates with a four-year college degree is nearly twice that of high school graduates.
