The 10 best colleges in America
The Princeton, New Jersey-based Ivy League school ranked first due to a combination of factors such as its selective admissions rate, high peer assessment scores, and strong graduation rate.
The US News ranks schools using quantitative factors - like graduation and retention rates - and qualitative factors - like peer assessment surveys from college presidents and deans of admissions. The list includes schools which offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus masters and Ph.D. programs.
Read on below to see which schools round out the top 10.