At the top of the U.S. News rankings, a five-way tie

This year's U.S. News rankings, released today, yielded an unusual five-way tie among the Top 10 national universities, a scenario that may thwart those students intent on applying to the five top schools.

Tied for fifth on that list, in alphabetical order: CalTech, MIT, Stanford, UChicago and UPenn.

There's more movement than usual at the top of the rankings this year. Harvard and Princeton are tied for first, where last year they were 1-2; Yale and Columbia are at 3 and 4, unchanged; but Duke has dropped from 9 to 10, and Dartmouth has fallen from 9 (in a tie with Duke) to 11.

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Michael A. Fletcher 13 Sep, 2011

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