MIT and Harvard — landed in the top three of the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list for 2026. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished second and Harvard University third. Princeton held onto its top spot.

The University of Delaware has been ranked #43 among the top public schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The 2026 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings evaluates more than 1,700 U.S. colleges and universities, using up to 17 factors to measure academic quality and graduate success.

Purdue information security doctoral candidate Fabrizio Cicala is researching how to prevent malware in smartphones and Bluetooth and Internet of Things devices, studying at the nation’s first computer science program to offer an advanced degree.

UW-Madison continued its rise in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings for 2026, moving up one spot this year to 12th among public colleges. In the national rankings released Tuesday,

While the University of Tennessee at Knoxville dropped four spots this year in the U.S. News and World Report list of best colleges, individual programs within the state's flagship university have climbed the ranks, including a 41-spot jump for ...