US News在今天了发布2016最新全美最佳大学排行榜。此次2016版全美最佳大学排行榜除了详细的榜单信息，还包括相关的分析文章，用以帮助学生和家长了解整个大学的申请流程，从而选择最适合的学校。除常规榜单之外，US News将第一次以科技、设施、学术、课程和环境等方面作为考评因素公布最具创新性的大学排名。另外，US News在官网上也提供了排名的统计依据的解释说明，并连同榜单同步更新在9月中下旬开始发售的“2016最佳大学”指南上。下面，一起来看一下2016US News全美最佳大学排行情况。
U.S. News的排名通过对美国大学基于7项主要指标加权平均计算所得，这些指标主要包括：学术声誉、毕业率和新生返校率、师资力量、新生水平、经济实力、毕业率表现、校友捐赠等七大部分。各个部分又有2-3个具体指标。
2016U.S.News全美最佳大学排名
| U.S. News rank | School | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2014 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| #1 | Princeton University | $43,450 | 8,088 | 7.4% | 98% | 97% |
| #2 | Harvard University | $45,278 | 19,929 | 6% | 97% | 98% |
| #3 | Yale University | $47,600 | 12,336 | 6.3% | 99% | 96% |
| #4Tie | Columbia University | $51,008 | 24,221 | 7% | 99% | 96% |
| #4Tie | Stanford University | $46,320 | 16,795 | 5.1% | 98% | 95% |
| #4Tie | University of Chicago | $50,193 | 12,558 | 8.8% | 99% | 93% |
| #7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $46,704 | 11,319 | 7.9% | 98% | 91% |
| #8 | Duke University | $49,341 | 15,856 | 11.4% | 97% | 95% |
| #9 | University of Pennsylvania | $49,536 | 21,296 | 10.4% | 98% | 96% |
| #10Tie | California Institute of Technology | $45,390 | 2,209 | 8.8% | 97% | 92% |
| #10Tie | Johns Hopkins University | $48,710 | 21,484 | 15% | 97% | 94% |
| #12Tie | Dartmouth College | $49,506 | 6,298 | 11.5% | 98% | 95% |
| #12Tie | Northwestern University | $49,047 | 20,336 | 13.1% | 97% | 94% |
| #14 | Brown University | $49,346 | 9,181 | 8.7% | 98% | 96% |
| #15Tie | Cornell University | $49,116 | 21,850 | 14.2% | 97% | 93% |
| #15Tie | Vanderbilt University | $43,838 | 12,686 | 13.1% | 97% | 93% |
| #15Tie | Washington University in St. Louis | $48,093 | 14,348 | 17.1% | 97% | 95% |
| #18Tie | Rice University | $42,253 | 6,621 | 15.1% | 97% | 93% |
| #18Tie | University of Notre Dame | $47,929 | 12,179 | 21.1% | 98% | 96% |
| #20 | University of California—Berkeley | in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140 | 37,581 | 16% | 97% | 91% |
| #21Tie | Emory University | $46,314 | 14,769 | 26.8% | 95% | 91% |
| #21Tie | Georgetown University | $48,611 | 17,858 | 17.4% | 96% | 95% |
| #23Tie | Carnegie Mellon University | $50,410 | 13,285 | 24.6% | 95% | 88% |
| #23Tie | University of California—Los Angeles | in-state: $12,753, out-of-state: $35,631 | 43,239 | 18.6% | 97% | 91% |
| #23Tie | University of Southern California | $50,210 | 42,469 | 18% | 97% | 91% |
| #26 | University of Virginia | in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822 | 23,732 | 29% | 97% | 94% |
| #27Tie | Tufts University | $50,604 | 10,907 | 17.3% | 96% | 92% |
| #27Tie | Wake Forest University | $47,682 | 7,788 | 34.4% | 94% | 88% |
| #29 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377 | 43,625 | 32.2% | 97% | 91% |
| #30Tie | Boston College | $49,324 | 13,575 | 33.9% | 95% | 91% |
| #30Tie | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | in-state: $8,562, out-of-state: $33,644 | 29,135 | 28.5% | 97% | 90% |
| #32 | New York University | $46,170 | 49,274 | 35.5% | 92% | 82% |
| #33 | University of Rochester | $48,290 | 11,060 | 36.4% | 96% | 84% |
| #34Tie | Brandeis University | $49,598 | 5,945 | 35.2% | 94% | 91% |
| #34Tie | College of William and Mary | in-state: $16,919, out-of-state: $40,516 | 8,437 | 33% | 96% | 90% |
| #36 | Georgia Institute of Technology | in-state: $12,204, out-of-state: $32,396 | 23,109 | 33.4% | 96% | 82% |
| #37Tie | Case Western Reserve University | $44,560 | 10,771 | 38.3% | 93% | 81% |
| #37Tie | University of California—Santa Barbara | in-state: $13,865, out-of-state: $38,573 | 23,051 | 36.3% | 92% | 87% |
| #39Tie | University of California—Irvine | in-state: $14,577, out-of-state: $37,455 | 30,051 | 37.4% | 93% | 87% |
| #39Tie | University of California—San Diego | in-state: $14,042, out-of-state: $38,066 | 29,909 | 33.5% | 95% | 86% |
| #41Tie | Boston University | $48,436 | 32,112 | 34.5% | 93% | 85% |
| #41Tie | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $49,341 | 7,028 | 37.5% | 93% | 82% |
| #41Tie | Tulane University | $49,638 | 13,531 | 28% | 90% | 83% |
| #41Tie | University of California—Davis | in-state: $13,951, out-of-state: $38,659 | 34,508 | 40.6% | 93% | 87% |
| #41Tie | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | in-state: $15,626, out-of-state: $30,786 | 45,140 | 59% | 94% | 84% |
| #41Tie | University of Wisconsin—Madison | in-state: $10,410, out-of-state: $26,660 | 43,193 | 49.8% | 95% | 85% |
| #47Tie | Lehigh University | $46,230 | 7,119 | 34.3% | 95% | 87% |
| #47Tie | Northeastern University | $45,530 | 19,798 | 32.2% | 96% | 82% |
| #47Tie | Pennsylvania State University—University Park | in-state: $17,514, out-of-state: $31,346 | 47,040 | 50.3% | 92% | 86% |
| #47Tie | University of Florida | in-state: $6,313, out-of-state: $28,591 | 50,350 | 47.1% | 96% | 88% |
| #51 | University of Miami | $45,724 | 16,774 | 38.2% | 92% | 81% |
| #52Tie | Ohio State University—Columbus | in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $26,537 | 58,322 | 53% | 93% | 83% |
| #52Tie | Pepperdine University | $48,342 | 7,417 | 35.5% | 92% | 84% |
| #52Tie | University of Texas—Austin | in-state: $9,830, out-of-state: $34,836 | 51,313 | 39.7% | 94% | 81% |
| #52Tie | University of Washington | in-state: $12,394, out-of-state: $33,513 | 44,784 | 55.2% | 93% | 84% |
| #52Tie | Yeshiva University | $39,530 | 6,438 | 81.8% | 91% | 89% |
| #57Tie | George Washington University | $50,435 | 25,613 | 43.8% | 93% | 79% |
| #57Tie | University of Connecticut | in-state: $13,364, out-of-state: $34,908 | 26,541 | 50% | 93% | 81% |
| #57Tie | University of Maryland—College Park | in-state: $9,996, out-of-state: $31,144 | 37,610 | 47.8% | 95% | 85% |
| #57Tie | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $45,590 | 6,381 | 43.8% | 96% | 85% |
| #61Tie | Clemson University | in-state: $14,240, out-of-state: $32,796 | 21,857 | 52.8% | 91% | 82% |
| #61Tie | Purdue University—West Lafayette | in-state: $10,002, out-of-state: $28,804 | 38,770 | 59.2% | 92% | 74% |
| #61Tie | Southern Methodist University | $48,190 | 11,272 | 52.4% | 90% | 77% |
| #61Tie | Syracuse University | $43,318 | 21,492 | 53.2% | 92% | 80% |
| #61Tie | University of Georgia | in-state: $11,622, out-of-state: $29,832 | 35,197 | 55.8% | 94% | 85% |
| #66Tie | Brigham Young University—Provo | $5,150 | 30,484 | 47% | 88% | 79% |
| #66Tie | Fordham University | $45,623 | 15,231 | 48.1% | 89% | 80% |
| #66Tie | University of Pittsburgh | in-state: $18,192, out-of-state: $28,958 | 28,617 | 53.1% | 92% | 82% |
| #69 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | in-state: $13,560, out-of-state: $20,810 | 51,147 | 45.4% | 91% | 78% |
| #70Tie | Texas A&M University—College Station | in-state: $9,180, out-of-state: $26,356 | 61,263 | 71% | 91% | 79% |
| #70Tie | Virginia Tech | in-state: $12,017, out-of-state: $27,444 | 31,224 | 72.6% | 92% | 83% |
| #72Tie | American University | $43,103 | 13,061 | 45.8% | 89% | 82% |
| #72Tie | Baylor University | $40,198 | 16,263 | 55.4% | 87% | 72% |
| #72Tie | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick | in-state: $14,131, out-of-state: $29,521 | 48,378 | 60.5% | 92% | 80% |
| #75Tie | Clark University | $41,940 | 3,423 | 54% | 89% | 78% |
| #75Tie | Colorado School of Mines | in-state: $17,383, out-of-state: $34,828 | 5,795 | 36.5% | 91% | 76% |
| #75Tie | Indiana University—Bloomington | in-state: $10,388, out-of-state: $33,741 | 46,416 | 76.1% | 89% | 78% |
| #75Tie | Michigan State University | in-state: $13,560, out-of-state: $36,360 | 50,085 | 66.1% | 91% | 79% |
| #75Tie | Stevens Institute of Technology | $47,190 | 6,125 | 43.8% | 95% | 82% |
| #75Tie | University of Delaware | in-state: $12,342, out-of-state: $30,692 | 21,870 | 65.9% | 92% | 81% |
| #75Tie | University of Massachusetts—Amherst | in-state: $14,356, out-of-state: $30,689 | 28,635 | 61.3% | 89% | 76% |
| #82Tie | Miami University—Oxford | in-state: $14,287, out-of-state: $30,987 | 18,620 | 65.8% | 90% | 79% |
| #82Tie | Texas Christian University | $40,720 | 10,033 | 48.9% | 89% | 76% |
| #82Tie | University of California—Santa Cruz | in-state: $13,481, out-of-state: $38,189 | 17,866 | 57% | 90% | 80% |
| #82Tie | University of Iowa | in-state: $8,104, out-of-state: $27,890 | 31,387 | 81% | 86% | 70% |
| #86Tie | Marquette University | $37,170 | 11,745 | 66.7% | 90% | 79% |
| #86Tie | University of Denver | $44,178 | 11,809 | 76.5% | 87% | 76% |
| #86Tie | University of Tulsa | $36,962 | 4,682 | 40.3% | 88% | 70% |
| #89Tie | Binghamton University—SUNY | in-state: $9,044, out-of-state: $22,164 | 16,695 | 44.1% | 91% | 81% |
| #89Tie | North Carolina State University—Raleigh | in-state: $8,581, out-of-state: $24,932 | 33,989 | 51.4% | 92% | 76% |
| #89Tie | Stony Brook University—SUNY | in-state: $8,855, out-of-state: $23,935 | 24,607 | 41.3% | 90% | 69% |
| #89Tie | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | in-state: $7,770, out-of-state: $17,620 | 2,457 | 51.1% | 85% | 68% |
| #89Tie | University of Colorado—Boulder | in-state: $11,091, out-of-state: $34,125 | 32,080 | 84.2% | 84% | 70% |
| #89Tie | University of San Diego | $44,586 | 8,349 | 46.3% | 89% | 77% |
| #89Tie | University of Vermont | in-state: $16,226, out-of-state: $37,874 | 12,856 | 73.4% | 86% | 76% |
| #96Tie | Florida State University | in-state: $6,507, out-of-state: $21,673 | 41,226 | 55.4% | 92% | 79% |
| #96Tie | Saint Louis University | $39,226 | 13,287 | 60.3% | 88% | 72% |
| #96Tie | University of Alabama | in-state: $10,170, out-of-state: $25,950 | 36,047 | 51.1% | 87% | 66% |
| #99Tie | Drexel University | $48,791 | 23,890 | 76% | 85% | 67% |
| #99Tie | Loyola University Chicago | $39,179 | 15,902 | 63.3% | 86% | 73% |
| #99Tie | University at Buffalo—SUNY | in-state: $8,870, out-of-state: $22,290 | 29,944 | 57.8% | 88% | 72% |
| #102 | Auburn University | in-state: $10,424, out-of-state: $28,040 | 25,912 | 83.5% | 90% | 71% |
| #103Tie | University of Missouri | in-state: $9,509, out-of-state: $25,166 | 35,441 | 77.7% | 85% | 69% |
| #103Tie | University of Nebraska—Lincoln | in-state: $8,382, out-of-state: $22,790 | 25,006 | 69.9% | 84% | 67% |
| #103Tie | University of New Hampshire | in-state: $16,552, out-of-state: $29,532 | 15,169 | 80% | 86% | 77% |
| #103Tie | University of Oregon | in-state: $9,918, out-of-state: $30,888 | 24,096 | 74.9% | 86% | 69% |
| #103Tie | University of Tennessee | in-state: $11,948, out-of-state: $30,138 | 30,386 | 74.8% | 86% | 69% |
| #108Tie | Illinois Institute of Technology | $43,680 | 7,898 | 50.6% | 93% | 65% |
| #108Tie | Iowa State University | in-state: $7,736, out-of-state: $20,856 | 34,435 | 86.9% | 87% | 69% |
| #108Tie | University of Dayton | $39,090 | 11,343 | 59% | 89% | 76% |
| #108Tie | University of Oklahoma | in-state: $7,695, out-of-state: $20,469 | 30,628 | 81.3% | 85% | 67% |
| #108Tie | University of San Francisco | $42,634 | 10,701 | 60.1% | 87% | 70% |
| #108Tie | University of South Carolina | in-state: $11,158, out-of-state: $29,440 | 32,971 | 65.2% | 88% | 73% |
| #108Tie | University of the Pacific | $42,934 | 6,304 | 54.9% | 85% | 67% |
| #115Tie | Clarkson University | $44,630 | 3,873 | 62.1% | 88% | 73% |
| #115Tie | Duquesne University | $33,778 | 9,648 | 73.1% | 89% | 76% |
| #115Tie | Temple University | in-state: $15,096, out-of-state: $25,122 | 37,485 | 61.7% | 88% | 69% |
| #115Tie | University of Kansas | in-state: $10,448, out-of-state: $25,731 | 27,180 | 91.4% | 80% | 60% |
| #115Tie | University of St. Thomas | $36,475 | 10,229 | 86.6% | 87% | 72% |
| #115Tie | University of Utah | in-state: $8,239, out-of-state: $26,177 | 31,515 | 81.4% | 88% | 62% |
| #121Tie | University of Arizona | in-state: $10,872, out-of-state: $30,025 | 42,236 | 74.6% | 80% | 60% |
| #121Tie | University of California—Riverside | in-state: $14,050, out-of-state: $40,973 | 21,587 | 58.3% | 89% | 69% |
| #123Tie | The Catholic University of America | $40,932 | 6,699 | 74.7% | 82% | 67% |
| #123Tie | DePaul University | $36,361 | 23,799 | 69.9% | 86% | 71% |
| #123Tie | Michigan Technological University | in-state: $14,040, out-of-state: $29,520 | 7,104 | 75.5% | 83% | 64% |
| #123Tie | Seton Hall University | $36,926 | 9,627 | 75.5% | 84% | 66% |
| #127Tie | Colorado State University | in-state: $10,590, out-of-state: $27,258 | 31,449 | 80.5% | 85% | 65% |
| #127Tie | New School | $42,977 | 10,185 | 65.9% | 83% | 66% |
| #129Tie | Arizona State University—Tempe | in-state: $10,127, out-of-state: $24,503 | 50,358 | 84.3% | 84% | 63% |
| #129Tie | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge | in-state: $8,750, out-of-state: $26,467 | 31,044 | 76.6% | 84% | 67% |
| #129Tie | University at Albany—SUNY | in-state: $8,996, out-of-state: $22,116 | 17,273 | 55.8% | 83% | 66% |
| #129Tie | University of Arkansas | in-state: $8,522, out-of-state: $23,320 | 26,237 | 62% | 82% | 62% |
| #129Tie | University of Illinois—Chicago | in-state: $13,670, out-of-state: $26,526 | 27,563 | 72.7% | 79% | 60% |
| #129Tie | University of Kentucky | in-state: $10,936, out-of-state: $24,268 | 29,203 | 72.2% | 82% | 60% |
| #135Tie | George Mason University | in-state: $10,952, out-of-state: $31,598 | 33,723 | 66.7% | 87% | 67% |
| #135Tie | Hofstra University | $40,460 | 10,953 | 61.6% | 79% | 60% |
| #135Tie | Howard University | $23,970 | 10,265 | 48.4% | 82% | 60% |
| #135Tie | Ohio University | in-state: $11,548, out-of-state: $20,512 | 29,217 | 74.3% | 80% | 67% |
| #135Tie | Oregon State University | in-state: $10,107, out-of-state: $28,767 | 28,886 | 77.8% | 83% | 63% |
| #140Tie | New Jersey Institute of Technology | in-state: $15,648, out-of-state: $29,288 | 10,646 | 63.5% | 84% | 59% |
| #140Tie | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—Newark | in-state: $13,597, out-of-state: $28,987 | 11,314 | 62.8% | 85% | 66% |
| #140Tie | University of Cincinnati | in-state: $11,000, out-of-state: $26,334 | 35,421 | 76% | 86% | 65% |
| #140Tie | University of Mississippi | in-state: $7,444, out-of-state: $20,674 | 22,503 | 81.2% | 83% | 61% |
| #140Tie | University of Texas—Dallas | in-state: $11,806, out-of-state: $31,328 | 23,095 | 61.9% | 86% | 71% |
| #140Tie | Washington State University | in-state: $12,485, out-of-state: $25,567 | 28,686 | 80.3% | 82% | 67% |
| #146Tie | Kansas State University | in-state: $9,034, out-of-state: $22,624 | 24,766 | 94.9% | 82% | 59% |
| #146Tie | Missouri University of Science & Technology | in-state: $9,628, out-of-state: $26,152 | 8,642 | 85.9% | 84% | 63% |
| #146Tie | St. John Fisher College | $30,690 | 3,856 | 67.9% | 85% | 70% |
| #149Tie | Illinois State University | in-state: $12,830, out-of-state: $20,420 | 20,615 | 73.9% | 83% | 72% |
| #149Tie | Oklahoma State University | in-state: $7,442, out-of-state: $20,027 | 25,854 | 75% | 80% | 61% |
| #149Tie | San Diego State University | in-state: $6,976, out-of-state: $18,136 | 33,483 | 34.5% | 89% | 67% |
| #149Tie | University of Alabama—Birmingham | in-state: $9,280, out-of-state: $21,220 | 18,698 | 85.7% | 81% | 55% |
| #153Tie | Adelphi University | $34,034 | 7,610 | 72.4% | 82% | 64% |
| #153Tie | Southern Illinois University—Carbondale | in-state: $13,137, out-of-state: $26,390 | 17,989 | 81.7% | 64% | 44% |
| #153Tie | St. John's University | $38,680 | 20,448 | 62.5% | 79% | 59% |
| #156Tie | University of Maryland—Baltimore County | in-state: $11,006, out-of-state: $23,770 | 13,979 | 59.6% | 87% | 61% |
| #156Tie | University of Massachusetts—Lowell | in-state: $12,447, out-of-state: $27,400 | 17,184 | 62% | 82% | 54% |
| #156Tie | University of South Florida | in-state: $6,410, out-of-state: $17,325 | 41,938 | 47.5% | 89% | 67% |
| #156Tie | Virginia Commonwealth University | in-state: $12,772, out-of-state: $30,838 | 31,163 | 68.9% | 86% | 59% |
| #160 | University of La Verne | $38,560 | 4,876 | 46.6% | 86% | 59% |
| #161Tie | Biola University | $34,498 | 6,358 | 75.4% | 86% | 71% |
| #161Tie | Florida Institute of Technology | $39,290 | 6,393 | 61.6% | 79% | 55% |
| #161Tie | Immaculata University | $33,280 | 3,299 | 75.9% | 81% | 61% |
| #161Tie | Maryville University of St. Louis | $26,958 | 5,931 | 72% | 86% | 66% |
| #161Tie | Mississippi State University | in-state: $7,502, out-of-state: $20,142 | 20,138 | 71% | 81% | 60% |
| #161Tie | University of Hawaii—Manoa | in-state: $11,404, out-of-state: $31,516 | 19,507 | 77.9% | 79% | 56% |
| #161Tie | University of Rhode Island | in-state: $12,506, out-of-state: $28,072 | 16,571 | 75.7% | 82% | 59% |
| #168Tie | Ball State University | in-state: $9,624, out-of-state: $25,348 | 20,655 | 59.9% | 79% | 60% |
| #168Tie | Texas Tech University | in-state: $9,567, out-of-state: $21,267 | 35,158 | 66.1% | 82% | 59% |
| #168Tie | University of Central Florida | in-state: $6,368, out-of-state: $22,467 | 60,810 | 49.6% | 88% | 70% |
| #168Tie | University of Idaho | in-state: $7,020, out-of-state: $21,024 | 11,702 | 67.5% | 78% | 58% |
| #168Tie | University of Louisville | in-state: $10,738, out-of-state: $24,626 | 21,562 | 71.9% | 79% | 54% |
| #168Tie | University of Maine | in-state: $10,610, out-of-state: $28,880 | 11,286 | 82.6% | 78% | 60% |
| #168Tie | University of Wyoming | in-state: $4,892, out-of-state: $15,632 | 12,820 | 97.7% | 75% | 54% |
| #175Tie | Andrews University | $27,000 | 3,418 | 37.3% | 79% | 60% |
| #175Tie | Azusa Pacific University | $34,754 | 9,972 | 81.8% | 85% | 67% |
| #175Tie | Edgewood College | $26,550 | 2,980 | 76.2% | 81% | 62% |
| #175Tie | Kent State University | in-state: $10,012, out-of-state: $18,212 | 29,477 | 84.4% | 78% | 55% |
| #175Tie | West Virginia University | in-state: $6,960, out-of-state: $20,424 | 29,175 | 85.8% | 77% | 57% |
| #180Tie | Pace University | $41,325 | 12,857 | 85% | 77% | 55% |
| #180Tie | St. Mary's University of Minnesota | $31,335 | 5,825 | 74.2% | 78% | 65% |
| #180Tie | University of New Mexico | in-state: $6,846, out-of-state: $20,664 | 27,887 | 46.1% | 77% | 48% |
| #180Tie | University of North Dakota | in-state: $7,741, out-of-state: $18,409 | 14,906 | 86% | 77% | 54% |
| #180Tie | University of South Dakota | in-state: $8,455, out-of-state: $10,426 | 10,061 | 88.8% | 76% | 57% |
| #185Tie | Bowling Green State University | in-state: $10,726, out-of-state: $18,034 | 16,554 | 53.4% | 72% | 54% |
| #185Tie | North Dakota State University | in-state: $7,820, out-of-state: $11,169 | 14,747 | 82.7% | 79% | 56% |
| #187Tie | South Dakota State University | in-state: $8,349, out-of-state: $10,520 | 12,557 | 92% | 75% | 58% |
| #187Tie | University of Alabama—Huntsville | in-state: $9,128, out-of-state: $20,622 | 7,348 | 82% | 79% | 46% |
| 187Tie | University of Houston | in-state: $10,518, out-of-state: $24,378 | 40,914 | 63% | 84% | 48% |
| #187Tie | University of Nevada—Reno | in-state: $6,902, out-of-state: $20,812 | 19,934 | 83.9% | 80% | 55% |
| #187Tie | University of North Carolina—Greensboro | in-state: $6,733, out-of-state: $21,595 | 18,647 | 60% | 76% | 56% |
| #187Tie | Western Michigan University | in-state: $10,685, out-of-state: $24,917 | 23,914 | 84.1% | 75% | 54% |
| #187Tie | Widener University | $41,224 | 5,985 | 65% | 74% | 53% |
| #194Tie | Central Michigan University | in-state: $11,850, out-of-state: $23,670 | 27,069 | 69.3% | 76% | 56% |
| #194Tie | East Carolina University | in-state: $6,550, out-of-state: $22,124 | 27,511 | 77.3% | 80% | 59% |
| #194Tie | South Carolina State University | in-state: $10,088, out-of-state: $19,856 | 3,331 | 84.5% | 63% | 38% |
| #194Tie | University of Missouri—Kansas City | in-state: $9,559, out-of-state: $22,714 | 16,160 | 63.7% | 73% | 51% |
| #194Tie | University of North Carolina—Charlotte | in-state: $6,384, out-of-state: $19,555 | 27,238 | 64.1% | 79% | 55% |
| #199Tie | Ashland University | $20,242 | 5,737 | 71.9% | 74% | 57% |
| #199Tie | Indiana University-Purdue University—Indianapolis | in-state: $9,056, out-of-state: $29,774 | 30,690 | 70.5% | 72% | 44% |
| #199Tie | Louisiana Tech University | in-state: $8,853, out-of-state: $25,851 | 11,225 | 65% | 78% | 54% |
| #199Tie | New Mexico State University | in-state: $6,729, out-of-state: $21,234 | 15,829 | 69.6% | 73% | 46% |
| #199Tie | University of Colorado—Denver | in-state: $10,404, out-of-state: $29,334 | 22,791 | 73% | 74% | 40% |
《U.S. News and World Report》(简称U.S.News)，中文《美国新闻和世界报导》，是美国著名的综合性报道评论周刊，1948年由《美国新闻》和《世界报道》两种杂志合并而成。USNEWS对美国的大学的排名开始于1983年，1985年以后每年更新一次。
美国有多个机构对大学进行排名，其中最具权威和影响力的就是由U.S.News在每年9月发布的美国大学排名，即U.S.News排名。US News 的排名分为本科和硕士，本科称为Best Colleges，硕士称为Best Graduate Schools。随着高等教育的全球化，US News 于2014年10月又正式推出了2015年世界大学排名，对于学生申请大学具有非常重要的参考价值。
1、Best National Universities：此类大学为综合性研究型大学，提供学士、硕士和博士课程，专业设置齐全;我们通常所说的排名就是指这一类。特别需要提醒中国人的是：这是美国大学的本科排名，美国US NEWS没有对美国大学进行统一的综合排名。这个排名全部依据本科生指标，如高中排名、SAT/ACT分数、新生保有率、毕业率等，即是对大学本科的评价。
2、Best Liberal Arts Colleges: 此类大学专注于本科教育，并且至少有50%%u7684课程为文理课程，如语言和文学、生物、生命科学、哲学、文化研究、心理学等。这类大学注重学术型人才的培养，对高中成绩较好，有志于以后从事基础研究的申请人比较适合，同时奖学金比较丰富。
3、Best Universities-Master’s：按照North, South, West, Midwest四个区域进行排名。此类大学提供广泛的学士和硕士课程，但博士课程比较少或者没有。
4、Best Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s: 按照North, South, West, Midwest四个区域进行排名。此类大学专注于本科教育，但文理类课程少于50%%uFF0C职业类课程如商科、护理、教育等较多。
5、专业学院(Specialty Schools)：专业学院仅提供某一领域的教育，US News按照Fine and Performing Arts-Specialty, Business-Specialty, Engineering-Specialty, Service Academies四类列举了相关学校，没有依次进行排名。
6、除以上4类排名外，US News针对本科的Business和Engineering两个专业进行了专业排名。
硕士排名全部按照学科和专业进行分类排名，分为Social Sciences & Humanities, Sciences, Business, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Education, Library and Information Studies, Public Affairs, Fine Arts 十大学科，除学科排名外，在学科下又分具体专业排名。
虽然U.S.News排名具有一定的权威性和影响力，但小站君希望家长和同学在选校时仅仅把这个排名当做一个辅助工具，来对有意向的学校之间的某些方向领域做横向比较，而不是简单的用排名来衡量学校的好坏。事实上，大学中包含着很多因素是无法单纯的用数字来衡量的。因为貌似客观的排名参数其实根本无法做到绝对的客观。以占总分的20%%u7684“师资力量”为例：《大学指南》对于这个参数的解释是：“研究表明，学生对与教授的交流越满意，便学的越多，同时学校毕业率越高。”评价此项教师资源的分数由班级大小，师生比例，教授比例，教师学位和教授薪酬等方面来综合考虑，这让人摸不着头脑。教师获得的报酬越多真能代表他对教学工作更认真吗?而且是否获得专业领域的最高学位有什么重要的呢?工资和学位高低向来是研发能力的风向标。但研究表明，致力于科研并不能代表更善于教学。而教师资源则应该结合自身情况来考虑。如果学生打算就读的专业没有几个教授，那么其他专业就算有再多再知名的教授也没太大意义。
教育本身就是因人而异、因地制宜的，从高傲娇的常青藤们，到被誉为“本科教育精髓”的文理学院，再到高性价比的社区大学;多样化的美国高等教育从来不是一份简单的排名和数字能概括的。就读一所排名靠前的院校并不保证你就有锦绣前程，不努力不奋斗照样被社会淘汰，而毕业于“后面”的学校也能活出精彩的人生。因此家长和同学们与其计较U.S.News上排名的前后一两名，不如放更多精力在自己的留学规划上，理性选校。
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