Best Colleges for Future Leaders 2026

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Anonymous wrote:Elizabeth Warren attended Univ of Houston. And Rutgers Law. So....?

Elizabeth Warren is that woman who lived at the end of the cul-de-sac when you were growing up, drove a Subaru, and called the cops or your parents if you had a small party when they were out of town.

And got to Harvard claiming Native American ancestry

Elizabeth Warren! and, hey, I'm a harvard grad so I get to complain

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

[Anonymous]

JMU was ranked and Virginia Tech was not.

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

[Anonymous]

Harvard is miles ahead. It is 15 points ahead of Stanford at #2. Duke at #15 is only 1.7 points ahead of the #100 school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

The study by Time was for undergrad. Same for USNWR which also ranks UVA no. 3 public. Your unique problem is???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see how "local" universities were ranked:

9. Georgetown
17. UVA
25. JHU
29. GWU
42. UMDCP
65. W&M
86. AU
125. JMU

Not Ranked: VA Tech

Let’s not forget
44. HOWARD
105. CUA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

The study by Time was for undergrad. Same for USNWR which also ranks UVA no. 3 public. Your unique problem is???

My unique problem in this case is that you are wrong. The study by Time includes graduate programs. Just look at the data columns. Time includes "relevant subsidiaries" where schools where leaders attended are listed. For Harvard it includes Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These are all graduate schools. For UVA it included Law, Darden, Medicine, all graduate programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

The study by Time was for undergrad. Same for USNWR which also ranks UVA no. 3 public. Your unique problem is???

My unique problem in this case is that you are wrong. The study by Time includes graduate programs. Just look at the data columns. Time includes "relevant subsidiaries" where schools where leaders attended are listed. For Harvard it includes Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These are all graduate schools. For UVA it included Law, Darden, Medicine, all graduate programs.

DP - And those are positive, relevant subsidiaries to the overall evaluation of the institution re the analysis. For example, UVA students (and in-state) get a preference to its no. 4 law school. How on earth is that a negative? The university (undergrad) is consistently ranked no 24-26 of all colleges and universities in the U.S. and no 3 public. It is a great value. The fact that it has a great medical school, law, business, McIntire, etc., is just icing on the cake, and helps its undergrads. I've never heard anyone say if you strip out the graduate school UVA itself falters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

The study by Time was for undergrad. Same for USNWR which also ranks UVA no. 3 public. Your unique problem is???

My unique problem in this case is that you are wrong. The study by Time includes graduate programs. Just look at the data columns. Time includes "relevant subsidiaries" where schools where leaders attended are listed. For Harvard it includes Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These are all graduate schools. For UVA it included Law, Darden, Medicine, all graduate programs.

DP - And those are positive, relevant subsidiaries to the overall evaluation of the institution re the analysis. For example, UVA students (and in-state) get a preference to its no. 4 law school. How on earth is that a negative? The university (undergrad) is consistently ranked no 24-26 of all colleges and universities in the U.S. and no 3 public. It is a great value. The fact that it has a great medical school, law, business, McIntire, etc., is just icing on the cake, and helps its undergrads. I've never heard anyone say if you strip out the graduate school UVA itself falters.

Will you first admit that the PP was wrong rather than immediately switching fields? I am just trying to make sure this is properly interpreted because many people are just applying this to only to undergraduate in their mind. Harvard Law and Harvard Business would likely be top 5 on their own if separated out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

At the same time, UVA sucks in STEM. UVA might have half the students of Cal and UMich, but then again they are ranked lower here as well. Once again, Berkeley and Michigan are the top publics in this country

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yet another ranking. Pretty solid Top 25, though. Public schools fared quite well.

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Yale University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Columbia University
6 University of Pennsylvania
7 University of California, Berkeley
8 New York University
9 Georgetown University
10 Princeton University
11 University of Michigan
12 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 University of Chicago
15 Duke University
16 Dartmouth College
17 University of Virginia
18 Brown University
19 University of Southern California (USC)
20 University of California, Los Angeles
21 University of Texas at Austin
22 University of Wisconsin-Madison
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24 Indiana University
25 Johns Hopkins University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

Seems this is only ranking mid-size and large unis. Not smaller liberal arts colleges. Feels incomplete. Many governors, mayors, former CEOs attended SLACs.

They didn’t calculate on a per capita basis, and also included graduate programs. Both would underweight slacs and overweight flagships.

If this is true then UVA is far and away the top public as they have half the students of Michigan or Berkeley. And Dartmouth would jump way up the list. They're tiny.

You are close. The same study lists UVA as top 3 public.

Strip out graduate law and business and I bet it would be similar to other public universities.

The study by Time was for undergrad. Same for USNWR which also ranks UVA no. 3 public. Your unique problem is???

My unique problem in this case is that you are wrong. The study by Time includes graduate programs. Just look at the data columns. Time includes "relevant subsidiaries" where schools where leaders attended are listed. For Harvard it includes Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. These are all graduate schools. For UVA it included Law, Darden, Medicine, all graduate programs.

DP - And those are positive, relevant subsidiaries to the overall evaluation of the institution re the analysis. For example, UVA students (and in-state) get a preference to its no. 4 law school. How on earth is that a negative? The university (undergrad) is consistently ranked no 24-26 of all colleges and universities in the U.S. and no 3 public. It is a great value. The fact that it has a great medical school, law, business, McIntire, etc., is just icing on the cake, and helps its undergrads. I've never heard anyone say if you strip out the graduate school UVA itself falters.

UVA is not ranked in the top 25 and is, at best, the #4 public.

[Anonymous]

Local list corrected:

9. Georgetown
17. UVA
25. JHU
29. GWU
42. UMDCP
44. Howard
65. W&M
86. AU
105. CUA
125. JMU

Still Not Ranked: VA Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Local list corrected:

9. Georgetown
17. UVA
25. JHU
29. GWU
42. UMDCP
44. Howard
65. W&M
86. AU
105. CUA
125. JMU

Still Not Ranked: VA Tech

Georgetown is ranked above Princeton??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Local list corrected:

9. Georgetown
17. UVA
25. JHU
29. GWU
42. UMDCP
44. Howard
65. W&M
86. AU
105. CUA
125. JMU

Still Not Ranked: VA Tech

Georgetown is ranked above Princeton??

Negative leadership points for Ted Cruz?