UMass-Lowell Nearly Makes Top 10 In MA: U.S. News

LOWELL, MA — The school year is in full swing, and as high school seniors plan the next big step in their lives, they have turned their attention to what colleges best suit their educational and career ambitions. College rankings certainly play into that decision making as well, and for 2018, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Princeton University in New Jersey as the best university in America for the seventh year in a row.

Princeton is trailed by Harvard University, and the University of Chicago rounds out the top three national universities, according to U.S. News. For the 15th consecutive year, Williams College in Massachusetts ranked as the best national liberal arts college, followed in second place by another Massachusetts school, Amherst College. (Sign up for free daily newsletters and breaking news alerts from Massachusetts Patch sites.)

Massachusetts schools littered the top of the 2018 rankings with two of the top 10 national universities and three of the top 10 national liberal arts universities belonging to the Bay State.

These are the top national universities in Massachusetts, with national rankings in parenthesis. The University of Massachusetts-Lowell was ranked No. 11.

1. Harvard University, Cambridge (2)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (5)
3. Tufts University, Medford (29)
4. Boston College, Chestnut Hill (32)
5. Brandeis University, Waltham (34)
6. Boston University, Boston (37)
7. Northeastern University, Boston (40)
8. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester (61)
9. University of Massachusetts - Amherst (75)
10. Clark University, Worcester (81)
11. University of Massachusetts - Lowell (156)
12. Lesley University, Cambridge (181)
13. Suffolk University, Boston (181)
14. University of Massachusetts - Boston (202)
15. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth (207)

Best Massachusetts Colleges 2018: U.S. News & World Report

Photo: Shutterstock

Alex Newman (Patch Staff) contributed to this story