Chestnut Hill College Among PA's Best: U.S. News And World Report

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA — U.S. News & World Report has ranked the best universities for 2018, and Chestnut Hill College is staying competitive with the best of them.

University of Pennsylvania has again been ranked the top school in Pennsylvania by U.S. News & World Report. It was the top-ranked school by U.S. News in last year's rankings and was also the top-ranked school in an analysis released by Forbes in August.

In total, 106 Pennsylvania colleges were included in U.S. News & World Report rankings. Chestnut Hill College ranked 73rd out of those 106 schools.

Other Philadelphia institutions that earned great ranks include Drexel University (No. 7), Temple University (No. 8), St. Joseph's University (No. 36), La Salle University (No. 44), and Philadelphia University (No. 54).

A more detailed look at the top Pennsylvania colleges that made the list can be found below.

Nationwide, Princeton University in New Jersey as the best national university for the seventh year in a row.

Princeton is trailed by Harvard University, which comes in at second place, and the University of Chicago is the third best national university, 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.

In Pennsylvania, the top 10 colleges that made the list are:

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
• Lehigh University, Bethlehem
• Villanova University, Villanova
• Pennsylvania State University – University Park, University Park
• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
• Drexel University, Philadelphia
• Temple University, Philadelphia
• Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
• Immaculata University, Immaculata

Click here to see all 106.

Story by Justin Heinze

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