<p>Last year, Harvard had shared the number one position with Princeton University.<br />Princeton scored 99 points and fell to second position in the 2011 rankings of US' large, research-oriented institutions.<br /><br />Harvard scores high on criteria like graduation rates, financial and faculty resources.<br />Yale University was ranked third, followed by Columbia University.<br /><br />Stanford University is tied at the fifth place with the University of Pennsylvania.<br />Massachusetts Institute of Technology occupied the 7th spot while Cornell University came in 15th.<br /><br />Williams College in Massachusetts emerged as the nation's top-ranked national liberal arts college—a category of schools that place a higher emphasis on undergraduate education.<br />The University of California—Berkeley, which is the 22nd ranked national university, is the top-ranked public school.<br /><br />This marks the 27th year that the American news magazine has published college rankings.<br />It takes into account factors such as SAT scores, selectivity, graduation and retention rates, alumni giving and peer reputation while grading America's colleges and universities.</p>
<p>Last year, Harvard had shared the number one position with Princeton University.<br />Princeton scored 99 points and fell to second position in the 2011 rankings of US' large, research-oriented institutions.<br /><br />Harvard scores high on criteria like graduation rates, financial and faculty resources.<br />Yale University was ranked third, followed by Columbia University.<br /><br />Stanford University is tied at the fifth place with the University of Pennsylvania.<br />Massachusetts Institute of Technology occupied the 7th spot while Cornell University came in 15th.<br /><br />Williams College in Massachusetts emerged as the nation's top-ranked national liberal arts college—a category of schools that place a higher emphasis on undergraduate education.<br />The University of California—Berkeley, which is the 22nd ranked national university, is the top-ranked public school.<br /><br />This marks the 27th year that the American news magazine has published college rankings.<br />It takes into account factors such as SAT scores, selectivity, graduation and retention rates, alumni giving and peer reputation while grading America's colleges and universities.</p>