The top colleges and universities, according to U.S. News & World Report

Princeton University and Williams College have once again been named the top colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual lists of the bests schools in the U.S., ranking colleges and universities in a variety of categories. A total of 1,500 schools received rankings this year.

For the 2022-23 list, Princeton and Williams repeated their performances from last year as the top national university and top liberal arts college.

U.S. News & World Report assesses colleges and universities based on 17 metrics of academic quality, with the most weight placed on outcome measures such as graduation and retention rates and average graduate indebtedness. Average class size, undergraduate academic reputation and how much colleges invest in instruction and student services are among the other data points collected to develop the latest set of rankings.

Schools are ranked in two dozen different categories, ranging from top national universities and liberal arts colleges to top regional universities and liberal arts colleges to best value schools to the schools with the best first-year experience.

Here is what the rankings showed nationally and for schools in the region. For full rankings visit usnews.com/best-colleges.

Top national universities

#1 Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.

#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

#3 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

#3 Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.

#3 Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

#6 University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

#7 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

#7 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

#9 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

#10 Duke University, Durham, N.C.

#10 Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

Top national liberal arts colleges

#1 Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.

#2 Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.

#3 Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.

#4 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

#5 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.

#6 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

#6 Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.

#6 U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

#9 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif.

#9 U.S. Military Academy at West Point, West Point, N.Y.

Top national universities in Pennsylvania

#1 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

#2 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

#3 Lehigh University, Bethlehem.

#4 Villanova University, Villanova.

#5 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

#6 Penn State University, University Park.

#7 Drexel University, Philadelphia.

#8 Temple University, Philadelphia.

#9 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

#10 Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.

Top liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania

#1 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore.

#2 Haverford College, Haverford.

#3 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr.

#4 Bucknell University, Lewisburg.

#5 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster.

#6 Lafayette College, Easton.

#7 Dickinson College, Carlisle.

#8 Gettysburg College, Gettysburg.

#9 Allegheny College, Meadville.

#10 Muhlenberg College, Allentown.

Berks County schools

Albright College

#156-201 national liberal arts colleges.

#14 top performers on social mobility.

Alvernia University

#317 national universities.

#140 top performers on social mobility.

#356 nursing.

Kutztown University

#121 regional universities north.

#136 top performers on social mobility.

#44 top public schools.

Schools in the region

Arcadia University

#48 regional universities north.

#22 best undergraduate teaching.

#48 top performers on social mobility.

#9 study abroad.

Cabrini University

#133-175 regional universities north

#59 top performers on social mobility

Cheyney University

#156-201 national liberal arts colleges

#16 top performers on social mobility

#12-18 top public schools

#43 historically black colleges and universities

Gwynedd Mercy University

#331-440 national universities.

#303 top performers on social mobility.

#356 nursing.

Haverford College

#18 national liberal arts colleges

#21 best undergraduate teaching

#18 best value schools

#87 top performers on social mobility

#15 senior capstone

Neumann University

#133-175 regional universities north

#86 top performers on social mobility

#528 nursing

St. Joseph’s University

#10 regional universities north.

#4 best colleges for veterans.

#13 best undergraduate teaching.

#22 best value schools.

#11 most innovative schools.

#172 top performers on social mobility.

#11 analytics.

#7 insurance.

Swarthmore College

#4 national liberal arts colleges

#6 best undergraduate teaching

#5 best value schools

#19 most innovative schools

#108 top performers on social mobility

#18 best undergraduate engineering programs

#6 writing in the disciplines

#22 undergraduate research/creative projects

#42 first-year experiences

#7 senior capstone

University of Valley Forge

#20 regional colleges north

#6 best value schools.

#17 top performers on social mobility.

Ursinus College

#89 national liberal arts colleges.

#74 best value schools.

#70 top performers on social mobility.

Villanova University

#51 national universities

#82 best colleges for veterans

#41 best undergraduate teaching

#77 best value schools

#361 top performers on social mobility

#94 best undergraduate engineering programs

#39 nursing

West Chester University

#250 national universities

#263 top performers on social mobility

#124 top public schools

#356 nursing

Widener University

#219 national universities

#78 best value schools

#296 top performers on social mobility

#177 best undergraduate engineering programs

#206 nursing

Source: Berkshire mont