America’s Top 20 Colleges & Universities, WalletHub Ranking 2018; Sorry, Harvard, Stanford, & Caltech

Sorry, Harvard, Stanford, and Caltech. This week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was named the No. 1 college in the United States by WalletHub study, beating out institutions like Columbia, UC Berkeley, Duke, and Dartmouth.

Princeton University ranked number 2 on the list, followed by Harvard University and Stanford University, and California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Magazine named Yale University as number six on the list, followed by Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Columbia University and Rice University round out the list at nine and ten, respectively.

The research firm focused on 26 key categories at roughly 1,000 institutions across the country. They calculated student selectivity, cost, career outcomes and post-attendance median salary.

Top 20 Colleges & Universities in America, 2018

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. Princeton University
3. Harvard University
4. Stanford University
5. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
6. Yale University
7. Duke University
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. Columbia University
10. Rice University
11. University of California–Berkeley
12. Harvey Mudd College
13. Johns Hopkins University
14. Brown University
15. Pomona College
16. University of Notre Dame
17. Dartmouth College
18. Vanderbilt University
19. Williams College
20. University of Chicago