2026 USNWR LACs
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Anonymous
| So many tied at #13. Kind of random? |
Anonymous
anything in the #13 belongs to the second tier right below t10. Harvey Mudd seems to have a good year. |
Anonymous
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So many ties across the list.
Was kind of hoping there would be surprises in the top 2, just for funsies, but alas no. |
Anonymous
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1. Williams College
2. Amherst College 3. United States Naval Academy 4. Swarthmore College 5 (tie). Bowdoin College 5 (tie). United States Air Force Academy 7 (tie). Claremont McKenna College 7 (tie). Pomona College 7 (tie). Wellesley College 10 (tie). Carleton College 10 (tie). Harvey Mudd College 10 (tie). United States Military Academy at West Point 13 (tie). Barnard College 13 (tie). Davidson College 13 (tie). Grinnell College 13 (tie). Hamilton College 13 (tie). Middlebury College 13 (tie). Smith College 13 (tie). Vassar College 13 (tie). Wesleyan University 21. Washington and Lee University 23 (tie). Colgate University 23 (tie). University of Richmond 24 (tie). Bates College 24 (tie). Colby College 24 (tie). Haverford College 27. College of the Holy Cross 28. Macalester College 29. Mount Holyoke College 30 (tie). Bryn Mawr College 30 (tie). Bucknell University 30 (tie). Colorado College 30 (tie). Lafayette College 34. Denison University 35 (tie). Franklin & Marshall College 35 (tie). Occidental College 37 (tie). Pitzer College 37 (tie). Scripps College 37 (tie). Skidmore College 37 (tie). Soka University of America 37 (tie). Spelman College 37 (tie). Trinity College 37 (tie). Trinity University |
Anonymous
| Soka U? What? |
Anonymous
https://www.soka.edu Teeny tiny, fewer than 500 students total! |
Anonymous
| Does that mean we need to shift to WASB? |
Anonymous
| the ties are lame. wonder if best unis list will be lot of ties too |
Anonymous
Yeah, seemed to move to tiers this year. Very clear what they are now, at least according to this list. |
Anonymous
| I mean, any kid would do well to attend any one of those colleges. They all offer a fantastic undergraduate education and experience. |
Anonymous
| Only 9 schools not in a 'tie' with another school. I get that there may not be a material difference between a few schools, but you would think their methodology could not end up with so many tied. Might as well just group them into tiers as this point. |
Anonymous
| This is a category that really shows how silly it is to rank universities at all. |
Anonymous
| I don't get how Reed doesn't crack this list. Isn't it widely considered more rigorous than F&M or Trinity? |
Anonymous
Yep, 4 tiers: 1-10, the 13s, the 20s, the 30s. Can't say I disagree, not that it matters that much in the end. |