2017 U.S. News College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2017 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2014-2016 rankings):

2017 Rank	National Universities	2016 Rank	2015 Rank	2014 Rank
1	Princeton	1	1	1
2	Harvard	2	2	2
3	Chicago	3	4	5
3	Yale	3	3	3
5	Columbia	4	4	4
5	Stanford	4	4	5
7	MIT	7	7	7
8	Duke	8	8	7
8	Penn	9	9	8
10	Johns Hopkins	10	12	12
11	Dartmouth	12	11	10
12	Cal-Tech	10	10	10
12	Northwestern	12	13	12
14	Brown	14	16	14
15	Cornell	15	15	16
15	Notre Dame	18	18	18
15	Rice	18	19	18
15	Vanderbilt	16	17	17
19	Washington (St. Louis)	15	15	14
20	Emory	21	21	20
20	Georgetown	21	21	20
20	UC-Berkeley	20	20	20
23	USC	23	25	23
24	Carnegie Mellon	23	25	23
24	UCLA	23	23	23
24	Virginia	26	23	23

Pepperdine is ranked #50 (tied with Florida, Penn State, and Villanova, above #54 Ohio State and University of Washington).

2017 Rank	Liberal Arts Colleges	2016 Rank	2015 Rank	2014 Rank
1	Williams	1	1	1
2	Amherst	2	2	2
3	Wellesley	4	4	7
4	Swarthmore	3	3	3
4	Middlebury	4	7	4
6	Bowdoin	5	4	6
7	Carleton	8	8	7
7	Pomona	4	5	4
9	Claremont McKenna	9	8	9
9	Davidson	9	11	9
11	Washington & Lee	14	14	14
12	Colby	19	15	22
12	Colgate	19	22	20
12	Hamilton	14	15	14
12	Haverford	12	8	9
12	Smith	14	19	20
12	U.S. Naval Academy	9	13	12
12	Vasser	12	11	13
19	Grinnell	19	19	17
19	U.S. Military Academy	22	24	27
21	Harvey Mudd	14	15	16
21	Wesleyan	14	15	22
23	Scripps		24	25
24	Colorado	25
24	Macalester	23	24	24
24	Oberlin	23	23	25