Introduction
Depuis 1983, l'hebdomadaire américain U.S. News & World Report publie un classement, parfois controversé, des meilleures universités des États-Unis.
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.
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. |
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 |