usnwr bestcollegesU.S. News & World Report released their 2018 college rankings earlier today.  Over 1,800 schools were covered nationwide and evaluated on multiple measures of academic excellence and outcomes to produce the final rankings.

Princeton retains sole posession of the top spot for National Universities, and Williams College tops the list of Liberal Arts Colleges.  

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U.S. News and World Report Ranking Changes (2018 vs 2017)

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InstitutionRank (2018)Rank (2017)Change
Princeton11 
Harvard22 
University of Chicago34
Yale33 
Columbia55 
MIT57
Stanford55 
University of Pennsylvania88 
Duke98
Caltech1012
Dartmouth1111 
Johns Hopkins1110
Northwestern1112
Brown1414 
Cornell1415
Rice1415
Vanderbilt1415
Notre Dame1815
Washington University in St. Louis1819
Georgetown2020 
Emory2120
UC Berkeley2120
UCLA2124
USC2123
Carnegie Mellon2524
University of Virginia2524
Wake Forest2727 
University of Michigan2827
Tufts2927
NYU3036
UNC Chapel Hill3030 
Boston College3231
William & Mary3232 
Brandeis3434 
Georgia Tech3434 
University of Rochester3432
Boston University3739
Case Western3737 
UC Santa Barbara3737 
Northeastern University4039
Tulane4039
RPI4239
UC Irvine4239
UC San Diego4244
University of Florida4250
Lehigh4644
Pepperdine4650
UC Davis4644
University of Miami4644
University of Wisconsin - Madison4644
Villanova4650