( KRON ) — Once again, Stanford University and UC Berkeley are rated as two of the most prestigious universities in the country. In Forbes’ 2024-25 America’s Top Colleges list, which was released earlier this month, the two Bay Area colleges ranked in the top five.
Stanford was ranked second overall, and UC Berkeley placed fifth on Forbes’ 16th annual top colleges list. Princeton University took home the top spot at No. 1 while fellow Ivy League school Yale was ranked fourth. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranked third to round out the top five.
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Forbes: Top 10 America’s Top Colleges List
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institue of Technology
- Yale University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Columbia University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Harvard University
- Rice University
- Cornell University
The ranking mirrors last year’s list almost identically . In Forbes’ 2023 list , Stanford was ranked one spot lower at No. 3 while UC Berkeley remained at No. 5. The top five colleges list from a year ago remained the same with some slight order changes.