NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of the 2026 best national universities, and two of New Mexico’s higher education institutions made the list.
The report, which has been published for the past 40 years, evaluates colleges and universities on a variety of factors, including student outcomes, academic resources, faculty research, financial aid, standardized tests, and more.
The U.S. News & World Report listed Princeton University, a private Ivy League school in New Jersey, as the top school in the National Universities category. Following in second and third are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University…