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Cover Story America's Best Universities Rankings 2025

Teaching focus (25) Class size (20) Experiential learning (20) Retention rate (10) Economic mobility (25) Total score (100) Total no. of students No. of undergrad students No. of undergrads

Cluster Rankings
Gold Principia College, Elsah (Illinois) 24.0 19.0 9.5 8.0 12.5 73.0 332 332
Gold Pomona College, Claremont (California) 20.0 15.5 14.5 9.5 13.5 73.0 1,646 1,646
Gold Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston (Massachusetts) 20.0 15.0 13.0 8.0 17.0 73.0 3,622 3,464
Gold D'Youville University, Buffalo (New York) 21.5 14.0 8.5 8.5 20.5 73.0 1,692 1,068
Gold University of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale (New York) 21.0 14.5 13.5 7.0 22.0 72.5 2,619 2,228
Gold Gonzaga University, Spokane (Washington) 22.5 14.0 15.0 9.5 11.5 72.5 6,766 5,081
Gold Centre College, Danville (Kentucky) 24.5 16.5 9.5 9.0 13.0 72.5 1,347 1,347
Gold Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter (Minnesota) 24.5 16.0 10.0 8.5 13.5 72.5 1,902 1,902
Gold The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
(New York) 21.5 15.5 14.0 9.5 12.0 72.5 957 899
Gold Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester (New York) 22.0 11.0 14.0 8.5 17.0 72.5 15,159 12,909
Gold Montclair State University (New Jersey) 21.0 12.0 14.5 8.0 17.0 72.5 18,156 16,268
Gold Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame (Indiana) 23.5 15.5 10.0 8.5 15.0 72.5 1,450 1,393
Gold Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (Arizona) 23.5 13.5 14.5 8.0 13.0 72.5 3,117 3,086
Gold Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania) 24.0 17.0 9.0 9.0 13.0 72.0 2,213 2,210
Gold Hampden-Sydney College (Virginia) 24.5 17.0 10.0 8.0 12.5 72.0 873 873
Gold Hobart William Smith Colleges, Geneva (New York) 23.5 17.0 8.5 8.5 14.5 72.0 1,632 1,597
Gold University of Virginia-Main Campus, Charlottesville (Virginia) 16.5 19.5 14.5 9.5 12.0 72.0 23,325 16,829
Gold United States Naval Academy, Annapolis (Maryland) 25.0 5.5 19.5 9.5 12.5 72.0 4,465 4,465
Gold Holy Family University, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 21.0 15.5 10.0 8.0 17.5 72.0 2,172 2,071
Gold Stockton University, Galloway (New Jersey) 22.5 13.0 10.0 8.0 18.5 72.0 7,869 7,455
Gold University of Washington-Bothell Campus (Washington) 23.0 8.0 15.0 8.5 17.5 72.0 4,807 4,512
Gold Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 21.5 17.0 9.5 6.5 21.0 71.7 992 796
Gold Russell Sage College, Troy (New York) 24.0 15.0 8.8 7.5 20.0 71.5 1,437 1,054
Gold Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore (Maryland) 21.5 13.0 9.8 6.0 25.0 71.5 801 534
Gold Bucknell University, Lewisburg (Pennsylvania) 23.5 14.5 14.5 9.0 10.0 71.5 3,842 3,815
Gold Macalester College, Saint Paul (Minnesota) 24.0 16.0 14.5 9.0 8.0 71.5 2,110 2,110
Gold Le Moyne College, Syracuse (New York) 22.5 16.0 8.5 8.5 16.0 71.5 2,509 2,185
Gold Seattle Pacific University (Washington) 22.5 14.5 10.0 8.0 16.5 71.5 2,249 2,006
Gold Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Maryland) 20.5 9.5 14.5 9.5 17.5 71.5 16,830 5,607
Gold California State University-Long Beach (California) 21.0 9.0 10.0 8.5 23.0 71.5 32,749 28,962
Gold Washington College, Chestertown (Maryland) 24.0 18.0 9.5 8.5 11.5 71.5 893 893
Gold Davidson College, (North Carolina) 24.5 16.0 9.5 9.5 12.0 71.5 1,904 1,904
Gold Allegheny College, Meadville (Pennsylvania) 23.5 17.5 9.5 8.0 13.0 71.5 1,153 1,153
Gold Art Center College of Design, Pasadena (California) 21.0 18.0 9.5 8.5 14.5 71.5 2,105 1,844
Gold Villanova University (Pennsylvania) 22.5 13.5 14.5 9.5 11.5 71.5 8,273 6,783
Gold Princeton University (New Jersey) 13.0 15.5 14.5 9.5 19.0 71.5 8,849 5,598
Gold Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) 23.5 15.5 9.5 9.0 13.5 71.0 1,902 1,902
Gold St. Bonaventure University (New York) 23.5 15.0 13.5 8.0 11.0 71.0 2,101 1,875
Gold Kalamazoo College (Michigan) 24.0 16.0 10.0 8.5 12.5 71.0 1,190 1,190
Gold Connecticut College, New London (Connecticut) 23.5 15.5 13.5 8.5 10.0 71.0 1,959 1,959
Gold Simmons University, Boston (Massachusetts) 21.0 14.5 8.0 8.0 19.5 71.0 2,743 1,562
Gold Columbia University, New York City (New York) 14.5 11.5 14.0 10.0 21.0 71.0 28,756 8,428
Gold Albion College (Michigan) 24.0 16.5 10.0 7.5 18.0 70.7 1,339 1,339
Gold Dominican University, River Forest (Illinois) 22.0 16.0 10.0 7.5 20.5 70.7 2,545 2,166
Gold Saint Martin's University, Lacey (Washington) 22.5 15.5 9.5 7.0 21.5 70.7 1,265 1,188

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