NEW: US News Names Best Colleges 2014—How RI’s Colleges Ranked
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
They're finally here. US News & World Reports' 2014 Best Colleges rankings of nearly 1,800 schools nationwide have arrived this morning with customary obsessive attention nationwide.
There were few surprises at the top of the heap. Princeton, Harvard and Yale commanded the top three spots in the National Universities category, while Williams College in MA once again held on to its spot as #1 in Liberal Arts Colleges, followed by rival Amherst College at #2.
That's all well and good, but how did Rhode Island's colleges fare in this year's ranking? Who moved up, who went down? See how all of RI's colleges fared in the slides, below. (Note: New England Institute of Technology is unranked, as is RISD).
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