2020 U.S. News College Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2020 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (along with their 2017-2019 rankings):

2020 Rank	National Universities	2019 Rank	2018 Rank	2017 Rank
1	Princeton	1	1	1
2	Harvard	2	2	2
3	Columbia	3	5	5
3	MIT	3	5	7
3	Yale	3	3	3
6	Chicago	3	3	3
6	Stanford	7	5	5
6	Penn	8	8	8
9	Northwestern	10	11	12
10	Duke	8	9	8
10	Johns Hopkins	10	11	10
12	Cal-Tech	12	10	12
12	Dartmouth	12	11	11
14	Brown	14	14	14
15	Vanderbilt	14	14	15
15	Notre Dame	18	18	15
17	Cornell	16	14	15
17	Rice	16	14	15
19	Washington (St. Louis)	19	18	19
20	UCLA	19	21	24
21	Emory	21	21	20
22	UC-Berkeley	22	21	20
22	USC	22	21	23
24	Georgetown	22	20	20
25	Carnegie Mellon	25	25	24
25	Michigan	27	28	27

Pepperdine is ranked #50 (tied with Georgia, Lehigh, and RPI).

2020 Rank	Liberal Arts Colleges	2019 Rank	2018 Rank	2017 Rank
1	Williams	1	1	1
2	Amherst	2	2	2
3	Swarthmore	3	3	4
3	Wellesley	3	3	3
5	Pomona	5	6	7
6	Bowdoin	5	3	6
7	Carleton	5	8	7
7	Middlebury	5	6	4
7	Claremont McKenna	9	8	9
10	Washington & Lee	11	10	11
11	Haverford	11	18	12
11	Smith	11	12	12
11	Colby	18	12	12
14	Grinnell	11	18	19
14	Vassar	11	12	12
14	Hamilton	16	18	12
17	Davidson	10	10	9
17	Colgate	16	12	12
17	Wesleyan	18	21	21
17	U.S. Naval Academy	22	21	12
21	U.S. Military Academy	18	12	19
21	Bates	22	23	27
23	Harvey Mudd	18	12	12
23	Richmond	25	23	27
25	Barnard	25	26	27
25	Macalester	27	26	24