Harvard, MIT near top of U.S. News & World national college rankings

Zoom in: Princeton University topped the list, followed by MIT and Harvard University.

• Williams College and Amherst College, both based in Western Massachusetts, topped the list of best national liberal arts colleges, with the U.S. Naval Academy coming in third.
• Bentley topped the list of best regional universities in the North, followed by Providence College and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Yes, but: Massachusetts is nowhere near the top of the list for the best colleges for social mobility.

• UMass Boston is the first Massachusetts-based school making an appearance at No. 44.
• The top three for those were Florida International University, University of California, Riverside and the University of California, Long Beach.