A famous school in America has a new number one spot. MIT now leads the U.S. News list of best national universities. Princeton held the top place for 15 years, but it slipped to second. Harvard and Yale kept the third and fourth places. Caltech and Stanford share fifth place in the new list.
Why did MIT win this time? The school got high marks for faculty research and for new students' test scores. Its graduates also earn good money after they finish. The list uses 17 measures of quality to compare schools. Opinions from leaders of other universities still carry the biggest weight in the ranking.