Many CT and NY Schools Make the 2017 Best Colleges List
US News & World Report just released their 2017 rankings of the Best Colleges in the country in several categories and Connecticut and New York scored big!
The Top 3 colleges that emphasize research, and offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs, the biggies were Princeton University at #1 followed by Harvard University at #2, and in a tie for third was Yale University in New Haven and the University of Chicago in Illinois.
TOP NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
3. Yale University
60. University of Connecticut
188. University of Hartford
TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES - 239 COLLEGES RANKED
21. Wesleyan College - Middletown
38. Trinity College - Hartford
50. Connecticut College - New London
BEST REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES - NORTH - 195 RANKED
2. Fairfield University - Fairfield
11. Quinnipiac University - Hamden
44. Sacred Heart University - Fairfield
85. Eastern Connecticut University - Willimantic
91. University of ST. Joseph - West Hartford
95. University of New Haven
BEST NATIONAL COLLEGES - New York State Rankings
5. Colombia University - New York, NY
15. Cornell University - Ithaca
32. University of Rochester
36. New York University - New York, NY
39. Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy
TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES - New York State Rankings
12. Colgate University - Hamilton
12. Vassar College - Poughkeepsie
13. Hamiliton College - Clinton
19. United States Military Academy - West Point
27. Bernard College - New York, NY
For a listing of all the rankings for colleges and universities in all the different categories, check to find out how your school ranked by going to usnews.com/education
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