Regional Colleges South Ranking 2015

Asbury University, High Point University, and John Brown University were tied for 1st place in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Regional Colleges of the South” list for 2015.

Meredith College was ranked 6th on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the South’s Best Regional Colleges. It was also named to the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list, ranked 9th among regional colleges in the South.

THE World University Ranking 2014/2015

California Institute of Technology was ranked 1st in the world according to he Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2014/2015, followed by Harvard University in 2nd place.

UC campuses also achieved high rankings among world best universities. UC Berkeley maintained its 8th spot and UCLA held 12th place for the second consecutive year. UC Santa Barbara was ranked 37th, UC San

Top Universities in New Zealand 2014/15

The University of Auckland was ranked as the leading university in New Zealand according to the publication of the 2014/2015 QS World University Rankings. The University’s position improved slightly to 92nd compared to 94th in 2013. It is the only New Zealand university ranked in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings.

The University of Canterbury was rated as the 242nd ranked

Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015

According to the 2015 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, both Oxford and Cambridge were tied for the 1st position among the top universities in the UK. The league table is drawn up from criteria including student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, degree results achieved, etc.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) moved up to 14th in the Times and Sunday Times Good

Best 379 Colleges

The following are some of the top US universities/colleges that were listed in the Princeton Review's college guide for 2015, "The Best 379 Colleges":

Loyola University Maryland - Loyola has been named one of the nation’s top institutions for undergraduate higher education by The Princeton Review college guide, and it also appears on two of the guide’s specialty lists, ranking No. 2 in the

Best Liberal Arts Colleges 2015

Williams College is ranked No. 1 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges list, followed by Amherst College in No. 2 and Swarthmore College in No. 3.

Gustavus Adolphus College is ranked No. 64 by U.S. News, which is the highest Gustavus has appeared on the list in recent history and represents a jump of 12 spots from the publication’s 2014 rankings when the College

Princeton Review Top 20 Party Schools

The Princeton Review has rated Syracuse University as the No 1 “party school” in the nation for 2014 (up from No. 5 last year), while The University of Iowa (UI) was named No. 2 party school, dropping from the No 1 spot.


The University of California at Santa Barbara dropped a place from 2nd to 3rd this year, followed by West Virginia University (No. 4) and University of Illinois at

Top Universities under 50 years old

Pohang University of Science and Technology was ranked 1st in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) 100 Under 50 ranking, which considers universities less than 50 years old and is based on performance indicators including research, citations, teaching, international outlook and industry income. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne was in 2nd place and ahead of Korea

Top 100 Universities in the World 2014

Harvard University is the No. 1 ranked university in the world according to the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), ahead of Stanford University (2nd worldwide) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3rd worldwide, up from 4th in 2013). There is one new entrant in the top 20 list: University College London (up from 21st in 2013 to 20th in 2014).

Top 100 Universities in the

Top Universities in Finland 2014

The University of Helsinki was ranked No. 1 in Finland, 60th within Europe and 179th worldwide, according to the Ranking Web of Universities by Webometrics (January 2014 ranking edition). The Webometrics review included 48 institutes in Finland and almost 6,000 in Europe.

The University of Oulu reached the position of 2nd in Finland, 159th within Europe and 395th worldwide, followed by the

Guardian University Guide 2015

The University of Cambridge took the top spot in this year's Guardian University League Table 2015, ahead of Oxford (2nd place) and St Andrews (3rd place).

The University of Exeter is ranked 12th overall and secured top ten rankings in a number of subjects, including: Sport & Health Sciences (2nd), Medical Imaging (under Health Professions) (2nd), Engineering: materials and mineral (2nd),

Best Medical Schools 2015

The University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine held the top primary care ranking (No. 1) for 19 consecutive years before placing 2nd a year ago, according to U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings 2015. This year it has regained the No. 1 ranking for primary care and also is ranked No. 10 for research. In addition, UW achieved high marks for teaching in several medical

Top Universities in Asia 2014

National University of Singapore (NUS) was ranked No. 1 among the top universities in Asia, followed by KAIST in 2nd place and the University of Hong Kong in 3rd place. NUS has also been rated as Asia’s top three universities across all disciplines measured.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jumped 3 places to 7th in the region, its highest-ever position. In addition, NTU scored maximum

Complete University Guide 2015

The Complete University Guide 2015 ranked Cambridge No. 1 among the top universities in the UK, ahead of Oxford (2nd) and London School of Economics (3rd).

Durham University was ranked as the country’s fifth best university overall for the fourth year running. In addition, Durham is second only to Cambridge in the total number of courses it offers which are ranked the leading course in the

US News Biological Sciences Ranking

According to US News Biological Sciences Ranking 2015, Massachusetts Institute of Technology earned a No. 1 ranking (tied with Harvard University and Stanford), followed by University of California-Berkeley in 4th position.

The University of California-San Diego (UCSD) biological sciences graduate program was ranked 14th in the nation (tied with Columbia, Rockefeller University and University of

Best Law Schools 2015

In its 2015 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools", released on March 11, 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked Yale University No. 1 among the 200 U.S. law schools, ahead of Harvard University (2nd) and Stanford University (3rd)

William & Mary Law School climbed nine spots to 24th and tied with the University of Washington. The Law School's previous best ranking was 27th in 2005, 2006,

Best Engineering Schools 2015

Massachusetts Institute of Technology was ranked No. 1 among the best engineering schools in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report ranking of "America's Best Graduate Schools" 2015, followed by Stanford University in 2nd place and University of California-Berkeley in 3rd place.

Purdue's College of Engineering was ranked 8th in the nation, tied with the University of Michigan.

Best Part-Time MBA Programs 2015

The University of California-​Berkeley Evening & Weekend MBA Program ranked No. 1 again among part-time programs, according to the 2015 US News & World Report's list of "America's Best Graduate Schools". The part-time ranking is derived 50% from peer assessment (business school deans and MBA program directors); 15% from average GMAT/GRE; 5% from average undergraduate GPA; 15% from work experience

Best Values in Private Universities 2014

Yale University was ranked No. 1 in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance 2014 annual listing of the nation's best values in private universities, followed by Princeton University in 2nd place and Rice University in 3rd place. Rice has consistently ranked among Kiplinger's top five best-value schools. Also, Kiplinger noted that Rice's six-to-one undergraduate student-faculty ratio is among the lowest