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Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities in the U.S., 2010

911³Ô¹ÏÍø has released updated rankings for the Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities in the United States for 2010.

Although critics have pointed out that peer review rankings may be subjective and quite possibly biased, the majority of other popular college ranking lists utilize peer review feedback systems wherein colleges rate other colleges.

First released in 2009, the 911³Ô¹ÏÍø college and university rankings are calculated without peer influence or subjective adjustment to the rankings. Instead, a mathematical computation and comparison of key statistics including student/faculty ratio, student retention rates and student test scores are used to create the 911³Ô¹ÏÍø Top 2,000 Colleges and Universities List.

911³Ô¹ÏÍø Top 20 Colleges and Universities, 2010

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2. Stanford 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Stanford, CA

3. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

4. Princeton 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Princeton, NJ

5. Duke 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Durham, NC

6. Rice 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Houston, TX

7. Cornell 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Ithaca, NY

8. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

9. Wesleyan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Middletown, CT

10. Amherst College, Amherst, MA

11. Williams College, Williamstown, MA

12. Brown 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Providence, RI

13. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

14. Carleton College, Northfield, MN

15. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

16. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA

17. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

18. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

19. United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

20. Carnegie Mellon 911³Ô¹ÏÍø, Pittsburgh, PA

Newcomers to the top 20 for 2010 include Franklin W. Olin College, Bowdoin College, Oberlin College, and Carnegie Mellon 911³Ô¹ÏÍø.

View the complete 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2,000 Top Colleges and Universities list

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Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.