<p>America's Best Colleges 2008 edition is now available... and it has some interesting movement.</p>
<p>Top 50 Universities:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Princeton University (NJ)</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard University (MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Yale University(CT)</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford University(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Pennsylvania</p></li>
<li><p>California Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>Duke University(NC)</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia University(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Chicago</p></li>
<li><p>Dartmouth College(NH)</p></li>
<li><p>Washington University in St. Louis</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell University(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Brown University(RI)</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern University(IL)</p></li>
<li><p>Johns Hopkins University(MD)</p></li>
<li><p>Rice University(TX)</p></li>
<li><p>Emory University(GA)</p></li>
<li><p>Vanderbilt University(TN)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Notre Dame(IN)</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—Berkeley *</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon University(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Virginia *</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown University(DC)</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—Los Angeles *</p></li>
<li><p>University of Michigan—Ann Arbor *</p></li>
<li><p>University of Southern California</p></li>
<li><p>University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill *</p></li>
<li><p>Tufts University(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Wake Forest University(NC)</p></li>
<li><p>Lehigh University(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Brandeis University(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>College of William and Mary(VA) *</p></li>
<li><p>New York University</p></li>
<li><p>University of Rochester(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Georgia Institute of Technology *</p></li>
<li><p>Boston College</p></li>
<li><p>University of Wisconsin—Madison *</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—San Diego *</p></li>
<li><p>University of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign *</p></li>
<li><p>Case Western Reserve University(OH)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Washington *</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—Davis *</p></li>
<li><p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Texas—Austin *</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—Santa Barbara *</p></li>
<li><p>University of California—Irvine *</p></li>
<li><p>Pennsylvania State University—University Park *</p></li>
<li><p>University of Florida *</p></li>
<li><p>Syracuse University(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Tulane University(LA)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Top 50 Liberal Arts Colleges:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Williams College (MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Amherst College (MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Swarthmore College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Wellesley College(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Carleton College(MN)</p></li>
<li><p>Middlebury College(VT)</p></li>
<li><p>Pomona College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>Bowdoin College(ME)</p></li>
<li><p>Davidson College(NC)</p></li>
<li><p>Haverford College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Claremont McKenna College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>Wesleyan University(CT)</p></li>
<li><p>Grinnell College(IA)</p></li>
<li><p>Vassar College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Harvey Mudd College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>Washington and Lee University(VA)</p></li>
<li><p>Smith College(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Hamilton College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Colgate University(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>United States Naval Academy(MD) 11 *</p></li>
<li><p>Oberlin College(OH)</p></li>
<li><p>Colby College(ME)</p></li>
<li><p>United States Military Academy(NY) 11 *</p></li>
<li><p>Bates College(ME)</p></li>
<li><p>Bryn Mawr College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Colorado College</p></li>
<li><p>Macalester College(MN)</p></li>
<li><p>Scripps College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>Mount Holyoke College(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Barnard College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Bucknell University(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Kenyon College(OH)</p></li>
<li><p>College of the Holy Cross(MA)</p></li>
<li><p>Trinity College(CT)</p></li>
<li><p>Lafayette College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Occidental College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>Bard College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Furman University(SC)</p></li>
<li><p>Whitman College(WA)</p></li>
<li><p>Union College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Franklin and Marshall College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Sewanee—University of the South(TN)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Richmond(VA)</p></li>
<li><p>Connecticut College</p></li>
<li><p>Centre College(KY)</p></li>
<li><p>Dickinson College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Skidmore College(NY)</p></li>
<li><p>Gettysburg College(PA)</p></li>
<li><p>Pitzer College(CA)</p></li>
<li><p>DePauw University(IN)</p></li>
<li><p>Rhodes College(TN)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>wait, i dont understand how some numbers are completely left out?</p>
<p>because of the ties...</p>
<p>yup...if two schools ties for say, tenth place, they next number would be 12</p>
<p>as in ...8,9,10,10,12</p>
<p>woah, i didnt know UChicago was that high.</p>
<p>And on the rise...</p>