2019 U.S. News College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2019 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2016-2018 rankings):

2019 Rank	National Universities	2018 Rank	2017 Rank	2016 Rank
1	Princeton	1	1	1
2	Harvard	2	2	2
3	Chicago	3	3	3
3	Columbia	5	5	4
3	MIT	5	7	7
3	Yale	3	3	3
7	Stanford	5	5	4
8	Duke	9	8	8
8	Penn	8	8	9
10	Johns Hopkins	11	10	10
10	Northwestern	11	12	12
12	Cal-Tech	10	12	10
12	Dartmouth	11	11	12
14	Brown	14	14	14
14	Vanderbilt	14	15	16
16	Cornell	14	15	15
16	Rice	14	15	18
18	Notre Dame	18	15	18
19	UCLA	21	24	23
19	Washington (St. Louis)	18	19	15
21	Emory	21	20	21
22	Georgetown	20	20	21
22	UC-Berkeley	21	20	20
22	USC	21	23	22
25	Carnegie Mellon	25	24	23
25	Virginia	25	24	26

Pepperdine is ranked #46 (tied with Georgia and Illinois).

2019 Rank	Liberal Arts Colleges	2018 Rank	2017 Rank	2016 Rank
1	Williams	1	1	1
2	Amherst	2	2	2
3	Swarthmore	3	4	3
3	Wellesley	3	3	4
5	Bowdoin	3	6	5
5	Carleton	8	7	8
5	Middlebury	6	4	4
5	Pomona	6	7	4
9	Claremont McKenna	8	9	9
10	Davidson	10	9	9
11	Grinnell	18	19	19
11	Haverford	18	12	12
11	Smith	12	12	12
11	Vassar	12	12	12
11	Washington & Lee	10	11	14
16	Colgate	12	12	19
16	Hamilton	18	12	14
18	Colby	12	12	19
18	Harvey Mudd	12	12	14
18	U.S. Military Academy	12	19	22
18	Wesleyan	21	21	14
22	Bates	23		25
22	Soka
22	U.S. Naval Academy	21	12	9
25	Barnard
25	Richmond	23