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This Year's Highest Ranked Colleges
#1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
#2
Harvard University (tied)
Cambridge, MA
#2
Princeton University (tied)
Princeton, NJ
#2
Yale University (tied)
New Haven, CT
#5
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
#6
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
#7
Duke University
Durham, NC
#8
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
#9
California Institute of Technology (tied)
Pasadena, CA
#9
Dartmouth College (tied)
Hanover, NH
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