{"id":291373,"date":"2026-09-22T06:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291373\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T06:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:52:07","slug":"u-s-news-world-report-ranks-three-philly-area-universities-in-top-100-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291373\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News & World Report ranks three Philly-area universities in top 100 in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThree local universities are in the top 100 in the U.S. News & World Report’s\u00a02027\u00a0ranking<\/a>, which\u00a0was released Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe University of Pennsylvania came in as seventh on the overall national list for the second year in a row, behind only the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, California Institute of Technology and Stanford. The publication also ranks Villanova No. 42 and Drexel No. 80 \u2014 both improvements from last year’s report, which had\u00a0Villanova at No. 57 and Drexel at No. 84.<\/p>\n

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\nTemple is ranked No. 109, seven spots worse than it was in 2026. Among other Philly-area schools, Thomas Jefferson is No. 133, Saint Joseph’s is No. 137, West Chester is No. 227, La Salle is No. 250 and Widener is No. 267.\n<\/p>\n

The report’s list of best private universities and best value, which evaluates a schools’ academic quality alongside the net cost for students with need-based financial assistance to attend, also had local representation.<\/p>\n

Top Private Colleges:.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 No. 7 Penn
\u2022 No. 29 Villanova, tied with Northeastern University
\u2022 No. 44 Drexel, tied with Pepperdine University
\u2022 No. 69 Thomas Jefferson, tied with Clark University
\u2022 No. 71 Saint Joseph’s, tied with Clarkson University, St. John’s University and the University of Scranton<\/p>\n

Best Value:\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 No. 14 Penn
\u2022 No. 47 Thomas Jefferson
\u2022 No. 63 Villanova
\u2022 No. 71 Temple
\u2022 No. 75 Saint Joseph’s
\u2022 No. 79 Drexel<\/p>\n

\nIn other categories, Swarthmore College in\u00a0Delaware County\u00a0is the No. 3 liberal arts college in America, tied with Bowdoin College, Claremont McKenna College and Pomona College.\u00a0Penn’s Wharton School for business and undergraduate nursing degree are named the top programs in their respective fields.<\/p>\n

U.S. News also introduced a new category for its annual rankings: Best value schools for in-state students, which evaluates public universities based on academic quality and regional affordability for residents. Temple is No. 97 on this list.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe media outlet, which last month listed\u00a0Julia R. Masterman in Philly as the<\/a>\u00a0No. 3 public high school in America, adjusted its methodology for this year’s ranking to “address growing public concerns regarding higher education affordability and long-term value,” the organization said.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe updates include expanded eligibility requirements that allow more universities with focuses in business, engineering and health to be included in the rankings. It also replaced its graduate indebtedness factor with a new “earnings by major” metric to calculate a degree’s “actual earning potential.”<\/p>\n

“With families increasingly scrutinizing the true cost and return on investment of a college degree, our goal is to provide clear, actionable data,” LaMont Jones, managing editor for education, said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

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