U.S. News & World Report toma en consideración 15 indicadores de rendimiento académico de las universidades en Estados Unidos. Cada universidad es evaluada en áreas como tasas de retención y graduación, recursos docentes y financieros, selectividad de los estudiantes y el éxito de los ex alumnos.  El análisis incluye una encuesta a altos funcionarios en cada institución. La metodología es reevaluada anualmente, para estar al día con la evolución de la educación superior.

U.S. News’ 2010 college rankings  http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/worlds-best-colleges/index.html


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1. Harvard University (tie)

City: Cambridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 19,230
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,012
Application Deadline: 1/1


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1. Princeton University (tie)
City: Princeton, NJ
Total Enrollment: 7,497
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $35,340
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 3. Yale University
City: New Haven, CT
Total Enrollment: 11,446
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $36,500
Application Deadline: 12/31

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 4. California Institute of Technology (tie)
City: Pasadena, CA
Total Enrollment: 2,126
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $34,584
Application Deadline: 1/1
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tie)
City: Cambridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 10,299
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,782
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 4. Stanford University (tie)
City: Stanford, CA
Total Enrollment: 17,833
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,881
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 4. University of Pennsylvania (tie)
City: Philadelphia, PA
Total Enrollment: 19,018
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,970
Application Deadline: 1/1
  8. Columbia University (tie)
City: New York, NY
Total Enrollment: 23,196
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $41,316
Application Deadline: ½


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 8. University of Chicago (tie)
City: Chicago, IL
Total Enrollment: 12,386
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,381
Application Deadline: 1/2

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 10. Duke University
City: Durham, NC
Total Enrollment: 14,060
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,975
Application Deadline: 1/2

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 11. Dartmouth College
City: Hanover, NH
Total Enrollment: 5,848
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,679
Application Deadline: 1/1
  12. Northwestern University (tie)
City: Evanston, IL
Total Enrollment: 18,431
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,461
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 12. Washington University in St. Louis (tie)
City: St. Louis, MO
Total Enrollment: 13,338
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,864
Application Deadline: 1/15
  14. Johns Hopkins University
City: Baltimore, MD
Total Enrollment: 19,858
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,150
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 15. Cornell University
City: Ithaca, NY
Total Enrollment: 20,273
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $37,954
Application Deadline: 1/2


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 16. Brown University
City: Providence, RI
Total Enrollment: 8,318
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,848
Application Deadline: 1/1
  17. Emory University (tie)
City: Atlanta, GA
Total Enrollment: 12,755
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,036
Application Deadline: 1/15

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 17. Rice University (tie)
City: Houston, TX
Total Enrollment: 5,456
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $31,248
Application Deadline: 1/2
  17. Vanderbilt University (tie)
City: Nashville, TN
Total Enrollment: 12,093
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,579
Application Deadline: 3/1
  20. University of Notre Dame
City: Notre Dame, IN
Total Enrollment: 11,731
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $38,477
Application Deadline: 12/31

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 21. University of California--Berkeley
City: Berkeley, CA
Total Enrollment: 35,409
2009-2010 In-state: $8,352; Out-of-state: $30,022
Application Deadline: 11/30
  22. Carnegie Mellon University
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Total Enrollment: 11,064
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,833
Application Deadline: 1/1

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 23. Georgetown University
City: Washington, DC
Total Enrollment: 15,318
2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $39,212
Application Deadline: 1/10
 

24. University of California--Los Angeles(tie)
City: Los Angeles, CA
Total Enrollment: 39,650
2009-2010 In-state: $8,228; Out-of-state: $29,897
Application Deadline: 11/30


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 24. University of Virginia (tie)
City: Charlottesville, VA
Total Enrollment: 24,541
2009-2010 In-state: $9,870; Out-of-state:$31,870
Application Deadline: 1/2