Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:56 p.m.

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Univ. rank holds steady

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, August 31, 2007

Yale was ranked third in the U.S. News & World Report national college rankings for the fifth straight year, amidst a growing national controversy surrounding the publication’s methodology and quantitative focus.

The 2008 list of America’s Best Colleges places Yale behind Princeton and Harvard universities, which finished in first and second places respectively. Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania came in fourth and fifth. Among liberal arts colleges, which are ranked separately, Williams College finished first for the fifth consecutive year. The 2008 edition — which was...

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