Hechinger report on ranking universities

The Hechinger Report on the challenges of ranking universities. 

The Rankings

U.S. News & World Report, national universities

1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Yale
4. Columbia
5. Chicago, Stanford (tie)

Times Higher Education

1. CalTech
2. Oxford
3. Stanford
4. Harvard
5. MIT

Shanghai World University Rankings

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. Berkeley
4. MIT
5. Cambridge

QS World University Rankings

1. MIT
2. Harvard
3. Cambridge
4. University College London
5. Imperial College London

Forbes, America’s Top Colleges (based on such results as graduation rates and student satisfaction)

1. Stanford
2. Pomona
3. Princeton
4. Yale
5. Columbia

Washington Monthly, (based on social mobility, research, and service)

1. UC San Diego
2. UC Riverside
3. Texas A&M
4. Case Western Reserve
5. Berkeley

Washington Monthly, (best value)

1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. UNC Chapel Hill
4. NC State
5. Texas A&M

Princeton Review
Best-Run: Claremont McKenna
Best Food: Bowdoin
Best Dorms: Smith
LGBT-Friendly: Emerson
Top Party School: Iowa

Parchment electronic transcript service Student Choice College Rankings (based on admissions acceptances)

1. Stanford
2. MIT
3. Harvard
4. Princeton
5. Duke

U.S. Department of Education (most expensive)

1. Columbia
2. Sarah Lawrence
3. Vassar
4. George Washington
5. Trinity