Princeton University officials have long said they are not obsessed with rankings — happy to be No. 1 in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report rankings but not obsessed by it. That vision will be put to the test today.
For the first time in 15 years, U.S. News was not No. 1 in the rankings, topped by M.I.T in the national university rankings, which were released this morning.
New Jersey, as a state, fared quite well with six schools again making the Top 100:
- Princeton: No. 2
- Rutgers-New Brunswick: No. 44
- Stevens: No. 59
- Rutgers-Newark: No. 73
- NJIT: No. 85
- Rutgers-Camden: No. 95
Five other NJ Schools were ranked among national universities:
- Montclair State: No. 156
- Seton Hall: No. 156
- Monmouth: No. 169
- Rowan: No.191
- Kean: No. 317
New Jersey also placed 10 schools among the top regional universities in the North. Regional universities essentially are those that do not have Ph.D programs.
The College of New Jersey was again the state’s top school among regional universities in the North, coming in at No. 5. Here are the ten:
- TCNJ: No. 5
- Stockton: No. 19
- Ramapo: No. 25
- FDU-Florham: No. 32
- St. Peter’s: No. 37
- Rider: No. 45
- FDU-Metro (Teaneck): No. 62
- Caldwell: No. 81
- William Paterson: No. 89
- College of St. Elizabeth: No. 98
There are numerous college rankings – and not all have had Princeton No. 1. But many place extra emphasis on the U.S. News rankings, as they were the first, creating in 1983 what has now become a cottage industry.
Princeton has been No. 1 since 2012 – or since before this year’s freshman class was in kindergarten. Princeton, however, was No. 1 among Ivys in the Top Ten, edging Harvard (No. 3), Yale (No. 4) and Penn (No. 7).
