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1st: Princeton University Location: Princeton, New Jersey School Overall Score: 100 Average first year retention rate: 98% Actual graduation rate : 97% Student/faculty ratio: 5 to 1 First year students in top 10% of high school class: 91% Average alumni giving rate: 59%
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U.S. News and World Report has named Princeton University its top university for the eighth consecutive year in its annual ranking of the best colleges.
Princeton was followed by Harvard University at No. 2.
Columbia University was part of a four-way tie for the No. 3 spot in the rankings, sharing the slot with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University and the University of Chicago. Others in the top 10 include Stanford, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins and Northwestern.
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The annual ranking includes data on more than 1,800 schools across the country. For the first time this year, the measured metrics include the graduation rates of low-income students. Acceptance rate, meanwhile, was eliminated as a factor, while the weight of expert opinions and SAT/ACT scores were among the elements reduced in the methodology.
California schools got a big bump in the rankings with the new criteria because the system graduates a high number of low-income students, Fortune reports. UCLA was ranked 19th, while the University of California - Berkeley was tied with Georgetown for 22nd.
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