<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/09/04/2015-best-colleges-preview-top-25-national-universities”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/09/04/2015-best-colleges-preview-top-25-national-universities</a></p>
<p>Although U S News will release their full 2015 assessment tomorrow, the publication today posted its UNORDERED list of their top 25 National Universities (in alphabetical order, the “usual suspects” include):
Brown University (RI)
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University ¶
Columbia University (NY)
Cornell University (NY)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Duke University (NC)
Emory University (GA)
Georgetown University (DC)
Harvard University (MA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University (IL)
Princeton University (NJ)
Rice University (TX)
Stanford University (CA)
University of California—Berkeley
University of California—Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University (CT)</p>