2016 U.S. News College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2016 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2013-2015 rankings): 

2016 Rank	National Universities	2015 Rank	2014 Rank	2013 Rank
1	Princeton	1	1	1
2	Harvard	2	2	1
3	Yale	3	3	3
4	Columbia	4	4	4
4	Stanford	4	5	6
4	Chicago	4	5	4
7	MIT	7	7	6
8	Duke	8	7	8
9	Penn	8	7	8
10	Cal-Tech	10	10	10
10	Johns Hopkins	12	12	13
12	Dartmouth	11	10	10
12	Northwestern	13	12	12
14	Brown	16	14	15
15	Cornell	15	16	15
15	Vanderbilt	16	17	17
15	Washington (St. Louis)	14	14	14
18	Notre Dame	18	18	17
18	Rice	19	18	17
20	UC-Berkeley	20	20	21
21	Emory	21	20	20
21	Georgetown	21	20	21
23	Carnegie Mellon	25	23	23
23	UCLA	23	23	24
23	USC	25	23	24
26	Virginia	23	23	24

Pepperdine is ranked #52 (tied with Ohio State, Texas, University of Washington, and Yeshiva).

2016 Rank	Liberal Arts Colleges	2015 Rank	2014 Rank	2013 Rank
1	Williams	1	1	1
2	Amherst	2	2	2
3	Swarthmore	3	3	3
4	Bowdoin	5	4	6
4	Middlebury	7	4	4
4	Pomona	5	4	4
4	Wellesley	4	7	6
8	Carleton	8	7	8
9	Claremont McKenna	8	9	10
9	Davidson	11	9	12
9	U.S. Naval Academy	13	12	14
12	Haverford	8	9	9
12	Vassar	11	13	10
14	Hamilton	15	14	16
14	Harvey Mudd	15	16	12
14	Smith	19	20	18
14	Washington & Lee	14	14	14
14	Wesleyan	15	22	22
19	Colby	15	22	18
19	Colgate	22	20	18
19	Grinnell	19	17	22
22	U.S. Military Academy	24	17	18
23	Macalester	24	24	24
23	Oberlin	23	25
25	Bates	19	17	17
25	Bryn Mawr
25	Colorado
25	Kenyon

Washington Post, The U.S. News and World Report College Rankings: A Public vs. Private Dilemma