Introduction
Depuis 1983, l'hebdomadaire américain U.S. News & World Report publie un classement, parfois controversé, des meilleures universités des États-Unis.
Classement des universités américaines (U.S. News & World Report)
Classement 2007.
Ce classement ne concerne que les études undergraduate ou colleges, c'est-à-dire le premier cycle directement après l'équivalent américain du baccalauréat.
| Rang | Université |
| 1 | Université Princeton |
| 2 | Université Harvard |
| 3 | Université Yale |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology |
| 4 | Université Stanford |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 7 | Université de Pennsylvanie |
| 8 | Université Duke |
| 9 | Dartmouth College |
| 9 | Columbia University |
| 9 | University of Chicago |
| 12 | Cornell University |
| 12 | Université Washington à Saint Louis |
| 14 | Université Northwestern |
| 15 | Brown University |
| 16 | Université Johns Hopkins |
| 17 | Rice University |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University |
| 18 | Emory University |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 21 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 23 | Georgetown University |
| 24 | University of Virginia |
| 24 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 26 | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 27 | University of Southern California |
| 27 | Tufts University |
| 30 | Wake Forest University |
| 31 | College of William and Mary |
| 31 | Brandeis University |
| 33 | Lehigh University |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 34 | Boston College |
| 34 | Université de New York |
| 34 | Université de Rochester |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University |
| 38 | Université de Californie à San Diego |
| 38 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 41 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 42 | University of Washington |
| 42 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 44 | Université de Californie à Irvine |
| 44 | Université Tulane |
| 44 | Yeshiva University |
| 47 | Université d'État de Pennsylvanie |
| 47 | Université du Texas à Austin |
| 47 | Université de Californie à Davis |
| 47 | Université de Californie à Santa Barbara |
| 47 | Université de Floride |
Classement 2006 des universités en art, sciences humaines et sociales
| Rang | Université |
| 1 | Williams College |
| 2 | Amherst College |
| 3 | Swarthmore College |
| 4 | Wellesley College |
| 5 | Carleton College |
| 6 | Bowdoin College |
| 6 | Pomona College |
| 8 | Haverford College |
| 8 | Middlebury College |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College |
| 10 | Davidson College |
| 12 | Wesleyan University |
| 13 | Vassar College |
| 14 | Washington and Lee University |
| 15 | Colgate University |
| 15 | Grinnell College |
| 15 | Hamilton College |
| 18 | Harvey Mudd College |
| 19 | Smith College |
| 20 | Colby College |
| 21 | Bates College |
| 21 | Bryn Mawr College |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College |
| 23 | Oberlin College |
| 25 | Macalester College |
| 25 | Trinity College |
| 27 | Barnard College |
| 27 | Bucknell University |
| 27 | Colorado College |
| 27 | Lafayette College |
| 27 | Scripps College |
| 32 | College of the Holy Cross |
| 32 | Kenyon College |
| 34 | Sewanee, The University of the South |
| 34 | University of Richmond |
| 36 | Connecticut College |
| 36 | Union College |
| 36 | Whitman College |
| 39 | Bard College |
| 39 | Franklin and Marshall College |
| 41 | Centre College |
| 41 | Furman University |
| 41 | Occidental College |
| 41 | Skidmore College |
| 45 | Dickinson College |
| 45 | Rhodes College |
| 47 | Gettysburg College |
| 47 | Reed College |
| 49 | DePauw University |
| 49 | Sarah Lawrence College |
Classement 2006 des universités publiques en arts, sciences humaines et sociales
| Rang | Nom |
| 1 | Virginia Military Institute |
| 2 | St. Mary's College of Maryland |
| 3 | New College of Florida |
| 4 | University of Minnesota-Morris |
| 5 | University of North Carolina-Asheville |
| 6 | Richard Stockton College of N.J. |