US News College Rankings

US News College Rankings

US News College Rankings 2011 Released

The College rankings US News for the year 2011 have been released. Many Schools on the US News college rankings 2011 have awaited their standing, and the new rankings do have a few changes than the recent year. In fact, like any other poll, they are very subjective and careful in choosing what the best institutions are. And, like most polls, it is the same old favorites every year that are on top, even if they've changed positions. Nevertheless, the US News college rankings 2011 have Harvard and Williams College on top this time, even if opposition to the polls is growing.

In the poll for best national university, Harvard and Princeton have been neck-and-neck for the last decade. Last year, they actually finished in a tie, but that wouldn't be the case this year. The US News college rankings 2011 were the 10th straight edition to have Harvard and Princeton at 1-2, but Harvard took the lead this time.
Behind the Crimson and the Tigers, Yale took the third-place title, while Columbia moved up to fourth place. The highest non-Ivy League school was Stanford, in a tie for fifth with Penn.
On the US News college rankings 2011, Harvard got a perfect score, while Princeton settled for a 99. The criteria were tweaked a bit this year, adding high school counselor evaluations and putting more weight on graduation and retention rates.

Sources

US News & World Report- "Best Colleges 2011"

Bloomberg- "Harvard Tops U.S News 2011 College Rankings, Princeton Is No. 2"

MSNBC- "Backlash building against college rankings"