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The 2025 U.S. News college rankings are out. Here’s how Mass. schools fared.
Of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation, Massachusetts took first and second place.
This year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best universities and colleges are here.
And while a Bay State institution didn’t land the top spot on the universities list, a total of 19 Massachusetts schools made that cut.
Following just behind No. 1 Princeton University, MIT and Harvard University ranked second and third, respectively. The top three schools maintained their same rankings from last year.
Stanford and Yale tied for fourth place, with the University of Chicago coming in at No. 6.
Rounding out the top 10, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Northwestern, and the University of Pennsylvania all tied for seventh.
The next Massachusetts schools on the list, following MIT and Harvard, were Boston College and Tufts University, which tied for 36th place.
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Boston and Northeastern universities also made the top 50, ranking at 42nd and 46th, respectively.
Of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation, Massachusetts took first and second place in Williams College and Amherst College, respectively.
Top Massachusetts universities, per U.S. News:
1. MIT
2. Harvard University
3. Boston College and Tufts University (tied)
5. Boston University
6. Northeastern University
7. University of Massachusetts Amherst
8. Brandeis University
9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
10. Clark University
11. University of Massachusetts Lowell
12. Simmons University
13. University of Massachusetts Boston
14. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
15. Springfield College
16. Suffolk University
17. Western New England University
18. Lesley University
19. American International College
New England universities in top 100:
2. MIT (MA)
3. Harvard University (MA)
4. Yale University (CT)
13. Brown University (RI) and Dartmouth College (NH)
36. Boston College (MA) and Tufts University (MA)
42. Boston University (MA)
46. Northeastern University (MA)
64. University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
69. Brandeis University (MA) and University of Connecticut (CT)
84. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Top 10 New England liberal arts colleges:
1. Williams College (MA)
2. Amherst College (MA)
5. Bowdoin College (ME)
7. Wellesley College (MA)
13. Middlebury College (VT), Smith College (MA), and Wesleyan University (CT)
24. Bates College (ME) and Colby College (ME)
27. College of the Holy Cross (MA)
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