MIT Tops 2027 U.S. News College Rankings, Ending Princeton's 15-Year No. 1 Run

3 articles · Updated · FOX 13 Tampa · Sep 22

MIT took the No. 1 spot among national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings, displacing Princeton after its top-ranked streak since the 2012 edition.
Nearly 1,700 colleges and universities were evaluated in the 42nd edition using up to 17 measures, with more than half of each school’s score tied to student outcomes such as graduation, retention, social mobility and post-graduate earnings.
Princeton ranked No. 2 and Harvard No. 3, while Williams College again led the national liberal arts colleges category.
U.S. News published individual rankings for the top 90% of schools in each category and decile ranges for the rest, underscoring its push to compare institutions on both academic quality and student success.