2 Massachusetts universities topped the Wall Street Journal’s annual college rankings

The Wall Street Journal has released its latest college and university rankings, and Harvard and MIT topped the list.Harvard came in at the top spot, while MIT sat just behind in second place. It’s the second year in a row that the Cambridge schools have held these spots.The news source, along with Times Higher Education, rated over 800 colleges and universities in the nation based on a number of criteria split into four areas – outcomes, resources, engagement, and environment. Finishing out the top five were Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and the California Institute of Technology.The entire set of rankings can be found here.