On Monday, U.S. News & & World Report launched its yearly ranking of the very best institution of higher learnings in the nation.
U.S. News computes its ranking based upon 6 classifications which are each weighted in a different way: trainee results (40%), professors resources (20%), professional viewpoint (20%), funds (10%), trainee quality (7%) and alumni providing (3%).
U.S. News made a minor modification to its approach this year to represent modifications in standardized screening requirements. Previously, if less than 75% of getting in trainees at an offered school sent standardized screening ratings, U.S. News would mark down the significance of standardized screening ratings in the total ranking of the school by 15%. This year, due to the fact that a lot of schools embraced test-optional policies in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. News decreased the limit to 50%.
This year’s leading universities share lots of things in typical. They are all distinguished schools with big endowments and 4 of the leading 5 are members of the IvyLeague They are all likewise exceptionally challenging to enter, with confessed trainees boasting strong high school records and high standardized test ratings.
Princeton University kept its area as the highest-ranked university in the nation due in part to a student-to-faculty ratio of simply 4 trainees for every single one professor in addition to a strong trainee retention rate. An approximated 98% of Princeton trainees finish within 6 years and notably, low-income Princeton trainees who get Pell Grants likewise graduate at the very same rate.
During the most current admissions season, Princeton provided admission to 1,498 trainees for the Class of 2025, consisting of 22% who will be first-generation university student, a boost from 17% in 2015.
Here are the leading 5 universities of 2022, according to U.S. News– and what it requires to get in.
1. Princeton University
Blair Hall at Princeton University
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Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Average SAT rating: 1450-1570
Share of first-year trainees in the top 10% of their high school class: 89%
Acceptance rate: 6%
2. Columbia University (tie)
Columbia University
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Location: New York City, New York
Average SAT rating: 1470-1570
Share of first-year trainees in the top 10% of their high school class: 96%
Acceptance rate: 6%
2. Harvard University (tie)
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Average SAT rating: 1460-1580
Share of first-year trainees in the top 10% of their high school class: 94%
Acceptance rate: 5%
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tie)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) school in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Average SAT rating: 1510-1580
Share of first-year trainees in the top 10% of their high school class: 100%
Acceptance rate: 7%
5. Yale University
Yale University
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Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Average SAT rating: 1460-1580
Share of first-year trainees in the top 10% of their high school class: 94%
Acceptance rate: 7%
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