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Did your school make the cut?

31 Colleges With the Highest SAT Scores Newly enrolled students at these schools earned an average reading and math SAT score of 1494, U.S. News data shows.

Fact check: In a recent admissions cycle there were:
2,000 available slots at Harvard College
8,000 U.S. applicants with perfect GPAs
4,000+ applicants ranked 1st in their high school classes
18,000+ scored 700+ on SAT reading/writing
20,000+ scored 700+ on SAT math

Harvard University on Twitter “Fact check: In a recent admissions cycle there were: 2,000 available slots at Harvard College 8,000 U.S. applicants with perfect GPAs 4,000+ applicants ranked 1st in their high school classes 18,000+ scored 700+ on SAT reading/writing 20,000+ scored 700+ on SAT math”

Easy-to-follow visual representation of the "Best Universities in America," highlighting rank, tuition, and acceptance rate. (The information is courtesy of U.S.News & World Report.)

Visualized: The Best Universities in America What are the 50 best universities in America? From Harvard ( #3) to The Ohio State University ( #49), where does your school rank?

Washington Monthly college rankings are out. They are based on three categories -- social mobility, research, and community/national service -- and are promoted as a "socially conscious alternative" to U.S. News and World Report. Did your (favorite) school make the top 10?

National Universities
1. Stanford University (6)
2. University of Pennsylvania (8)
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2)
4. Princeton University (1)
5. Duke University (9)
6. Harvard University (2)
7. Yale University (5)
8. Cornell University (17)
9. University of California, Berkeley (22)
10. University of Notre Dame (19)

Liberal Arts Colleges
1. Harvey Mudd College (28)
2. Pomona College (4)
3. Wesleyan University (17)
4. Washington and Lee University (11)
5. Berea College (30)
6. Williams College (1)
7. Swarthmore College (3)
8. Claremont McKenna College (8)
9. Lafayette College (38)
10. Amherst College (2)

Note that the U.S. News and World Report rankings are listed on the right.

Stanford University, Harvey Mudd College Top Washington Monthly’s 2022 Best College Rankings Washington Monthly has chosen Stanford as the nation’s top university and Harvey Mudd College as the best liberal arts colleges in its 2022 College Guide. Rankings are also provided for several other categories of institutions.

The 2023 rankings are in from U.S. News. How did your favorite school do?

The Best Colleges in America, Ranked Use our exclusive rankings to find the best college for you. The U.S. News search tool will help you narrow your search to find the perfect college.

Colleges are now studying the impact of SAT optional admissions policies.

'Really illuminating': After making the SAT optional, colleges study the results “It has been really illuminating and instructive to be frankly kind of forced into this policy,” one Ivy League admissions director said.

Looking for a cool college town?

America's Best College Towns Whether you’re there for an education, working there, retiring there or just going for a visit, college towns are rich with a diversity of people, cultures, food and activities.

Bates College, a top liberal arts school located in Lewiston, Maine, does a fantastic job of capturing college life. Check out some recent photos.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates We’re off and running in 2022. Our new year...

A little humor for a Monday

U.S. News and World Report just came out with their 2022 rankings of best colleges.

As a friendly reminder, rankings are just one aspect of the evaluation process when considering which college is best for you.

Make sure your target schools:

✔ Meet your needs
✔ Further your goals
✔ Support your values
✔ Suit your Interests
✔ Maximize your talents, and
✔ Fit your personality.

The Best Colleges in America, Ranked Use our exclusive rankings to find the best college for you. The US News search tool will help you narrow your search to find the perfect college.

As college students across the country are now "back to school," we thought we would share this "picture story" from Bates College highlighting the arrival of the Class of 2025.

To capture what the college experience at Bates is all about, this small, highly ranked liberal arts school in Lewiston, Maine employs several photographers who take pictures of just about all student activities throughout the year. The images are repurposed in several ways, including social media, email blasts, and collateral materials.

What other colleges are making an impact through highly effective marketing? How are they doing it? Please share in the comments below.

Together Again by Bates College on Exposure Starting on Opening Day, Aug. 26, through to the first day of classes, Sept. 1, the Class of 2025 was able to settle in, meet classmates and fellow Bobcats, and get a taste of Bates academics and co-curricular life. After 2020’s virtual and physically distanced Orientation, seeing students out and...

Great to see Amazon.com stepping up to the plate by making more than 750,000 employees eligible for fully funded college tuition. 💲

Will other companies follow? 🙏

Let us know in the comments below:

Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees Amazon’s more than 750,000 operations employees in the U.S. are eligible for fully funded college tuition, including cost of classes, books, and fees.