To establish the set of colleges included in the rankings, we started with the 1,559 colleges in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., that are listed in the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated ...

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When their schools received high rankings, college leaders touted the annual U.S. News list of the country’s best colleges, but, when their rankings dropped a year later, they complained about the ...

For prospective students who value the community atmosphere and networking opportunities associated with historically Black colleges and universities, this ranking measures the quality of the ...

My son was enrolled at California Polytechnic State University this fall as a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering. This was a tough choice, as he turned down other more “prestigious” options.