<p>“I am surprised to see that some top liberal arts colleges such as Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst, Pomona, etc are not mentioned in this thread, especially seeing as how we are talking about the best UNDERgradute colleges.”</p>
<p>TheEarlyBird, you make a very valid point. The OP did ask, however, for the “top 10 universities”. I do not think it is possible, or fair, to compare major research universities to LACs, or to include both in the same ranking.</p>