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Stanford University is ranked No. 1 in TIME magazine's 2026-27 list of the top 500 U.S. colleges and universities, according to a ranking developed with Statista. The ranking is based on three categories: student outcomes, learning environment, and attractiveness, with student outcomes accounting for 75% of the total score. Harvey Mudd College is ranked third, Claremont McKenna College ninth, and Caltech sixth, all in California. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked second, Princeton University fourth, and Harvard University tenth.
The list includes public and private institutions across the United States. Stanford, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna, and Caltech are the four California universities in the top 10. Other institutions in the top 10 are the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University in the City of New York.
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