2014 Best Universities In US: Rankings By U.S. News

The schools listed alphabetically below are the 25 top schools in the National Universities category. According to U.S. News surveys of colleges and universities, National Universities emphasize faculty research and offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and Ph.D. programs.

2014 Best Universities in the US:

Brown University (RI)
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Columbia University (NY)
Cornell University (NY)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Duke University (NC)
Emory University (GA)
Georgetown University (DC)
Harvard University (MA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University (IL)
Princeton University (NJ)
Rice University (TX)
Stanford University (CA)
University of California–Berkeley
University of California–Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Wake Forest University (NC)
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University (CT)

(Note: Due to ties, there are more than 25 schools listed here.)

The actual Best National Universities rankings of these and other schools will be available Sept. 10, 2013, on usnews.com.