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Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities in the U.S., 2010
Â鶹Íø has released updated rankings for the Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities in the United States for 2010.
Although critics have pointed out that peer review rankings may be subjective and quite possibly biased, the majority of other popular college ranking lists utilize peer review feedback systems wherein colleges rate other colleges.
First released in 2009, the Â鶹Íø college and university rankings are calculated without peer influence or subjective adjustment to the rankings. Instead, a mathematical computation and comparison of key statistics including student/faculty ratio, student retention rates and student test scores are used to create the Â鶹Íø Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities List.
Â鶹Íø Top 20 Colleges and Universities, 2010
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2. Stanford Â鶹Íø, Stanford, CA
3. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
4. Princeton Â鶹Íø, Princeton, NJ
5. Duke Â鶹Íø, Durham, NC
6. Rice Â鶹Íø, Houston, TX
7. Cornell Â鶹Íø, Ithaca, NY
8. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
9. Wesleyan Â鶹Íø, Middletown, CT
10. Amherst College, Amherst, MA
11. Williams College, Williamstown, MA
12. Brown Â鶹Íø, Providence, RI
13. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
14. Carleton College, Northfield, MN
15. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
16. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA
17. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
18. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
19. United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
20. Carnegie Mellon Â鶹Íø, Pittsburgh, PA
Newcomers to the top 20 for 2010 include Franklin W. Olin College, Bowdoin College, Oberlin College, and Carnegie Mellon Â鶹Íø.
View the complete Â鶹Íø 2,000 Top Colleges and Universities list
Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the Â鶹Íø of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.