From a New York Times story by Alan Blinder headlined “With a New Formula, U.S. News Rankings Boost Some State Universities”:

U.S. News & World Report released on Monday the results of what it said was the most substantive overhaul of its 40-year-old college rankings empire.

At the top, there were few changes as Princeton remained the nation’s top-ranked university, followed by M.I.T., with Harvard and Stanford tied for third. Williams maintained its stature as the nation’s top liberal arts college, and Spelman College again led among historically Black institutions.