LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Caltech was ranked seventh among national
universities by U.S. News and World Report, which today released its annual
list of ``Best Colleges.'
Caltech tied at seventh with traditional rival Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
USC tied for 23rd place with Carnegie Mellon University. UCLA tied for
25th with University of Virginia and Wake Forest University.
Topping the list were Ivy Leaguers Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
The rankings appear in U.S. News and World Report's ``Best Colleges
2011' issue.
The magazine rated universities based in part on the range of available
majors and degrees, and their commitment ``to producing groundbreaking
research.'