Villanova Among Nation's 50 Best College: US News And Report

VILLANOVA, PA —Villanova University was ranked among the best colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report recently.

The publication recently released its 2020 best colleges list.

Villanova was one of 18 Pennsylvania colleges featured on the national list with the highest-ranking college.

Overall, the Main Line university was ranked No. 46 in the nation.

University of Pennsylvania was the state's highest-ranked national university on the list.

See the full list of PA school rankings here.

The 2020 rankings include the overall best national universities rankings, as well as rankings for the best liberal-arts colleges, the top public schools, the best value schools and more.

Along with being featured on the national list, Pennsylvania colleges also placed on other lists, including the best National Liberal Arts Colleges list and the best colleges by region.

For the 2020 rankings, U.S. News made some changes to help prospective students with their college search. A new set of rankings looks at the top performers in social mobility, evaluating which schools best serve underrepresented students. The 2020 methodology also factors in which schools support first-generation college students through graduation.

A total of 1,400 colleges are included in the 2020 rankings. The publication says that 90 percent of those reading the best-colleges list are looking for schools outside the top 10. (You can read the full methodology here)