New York Schools Ranked Among 2022’s Best: U.S. News

NEW YORK — Despite academic challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, several New York City schools have been recognized for their dedication to providing students a quality education.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2022 Best Colleges rankings, which evaluate more than 1,400 U.S. colleges and universities on 17 different academic measures.

The purpose of the list is to provide students and their families with tools to help them find the right college.

To rank colleges, U.S. News first places each school into a category based on its mission and, in some cases, its geographic location. National universities, which focus on research and offer several doctoral programs, are ranked separately from liberal arts colleges. In its regional rankings, U.S. News only compares universities and colleges with other schools in the same group and region.

Data for the 2022 edition of Best Colleges was gathered in the spring and early summer of this year. U.S. News gathered data on student retention, graduation rates, graduate debt, financial resources, alumni giving and more. Colleges were then ranked based on their overall scores.

Read more about the 2022 Best Colleges methodology.

New this year is the Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs ranking, which looked at more than 690 schools offering Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree programs.

These New York City colleges and universities were among those included in this year’s rankings:

National Universities

• Columbia University, New York. Ranked No. 2.
• New York University, New York. Ranked No. 28.

National Liberal Arts Colleges

• Barnard College, New York. Ranked No. 17.

Regional Colleges — North

• Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York. Ranked No. 2.

See all New York schools ranked among 2022’s Best U.S. Colleges.

Princeton University is once again No. 1 among National Universities, and Williams College remains in the top spot among National Liberal Arts Colleges.

For Top Public Schools, the University of California - Los Angeles is No. 1 among National Universities. The United States Naval Academy ranks No. 1 for Top Public Schools among National Liberal Arts Colleges.