Five percent. That is the average rate of acceptance at an Ivy League school these days. Not that the odds are much better at the so-called Alt-Ivies, a ballooning list of what were once considered ...

The University of Delaware has been ranked #43 among the top public schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The 2026 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings evaluates more than ...

The Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is as distinctive as the school itself. Using Forbes' unique methodology, MIT ranks #1 among U.S. colleges. Tocreate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An annual tradition, each fall is the release of the latest “Best Colleges” guide by U.S. News & World Report. First published in ...

Inaugural ranking, developed in partnership with Gender Fair, highlights institutions that empower women ...

Penn State is tied for the 26th top national public schools, and tied for 59th overall, in the U.S. News & World Report's 2026 "Best Colleges" ranking announced earlier this week. The university rose ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University remains the highest-ranked public university in Indiana and, for the third straight year, places as the state’s only public institution among the nation’s top ...

The publication looked at 17 different factors including graduation rate, full-time faculty, student-faculty ratio, standardized tests, peer assessment, and more. U.S. News also created specialized ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

High school students who already know the path they want to follow in college have a much easier time identifying best-fit schools. One of the most popular fields, in recent years, has been business.

Connecticut universities offer some of the best online programs in the nation, according to new rankings by U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday. U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 ...