College Being

US News, the most accepted university ranking system in the U.S., has released their list of top U.S. colleges for 2009. Here are the top 25 alongside their official score and tuition:

25: UCLA
US News Score: 79/100
University Tuition: In-state – $7,034; Out-of-state – $26,102

23 (tie): University of Virginia
U.S. News Score: 74/100
University Tuition: In-state – $9,300; Out-of-state – $26,900

23 (tie): Georgetown University
U.S. News Score: 74/100
University Tuition: $38,122

22: Carnegie Mellon University
U.S. News Score: 75/100
University Tuition: $38,844

21: University of California., Berkeley
U.S. News Score: 77/100
University Tuition: In-state – $8,932; Out-of-state – $29,540

18 (tie): Vanderbilt University
U.S. News Score: 79/100
University Tuition: $37,005

18 (tie): University of Notre Dame
U.S. News Score: 79/100
University Tuition: $36,847

18 (tie): Emory University
U.S. News Score: 79/100
University Tuition: $36,336

17: Rice University
U.S. News Score: 80/100
University Tuition: $28,996

16: Brown University
U.S. News Score: 84/100
University Tuition: $37,718

15: Johns Hopkins University
U.S. News Score: 85/100
University Tuition: $37,700

14: Cornell University
U.S. News Score: 86/100
University Tuition: $36,504

12 (tie): Washington University
U.S. News Score: 87/100
University Tuition: $37,248

12 (tie): Northwestern University
U.S. News Score: 87/100
University Tuition: $37,125

11: Dartmouth College
U.S. News Score: 89/100
University Tuition: $36,915

8 (tie): University of Chicago
U.S. News Score: 90/100
University Tuition: $37,632

8 (tie): Duke University
U.S. News Score: 90/100
University Tuition: $37,525

8 (tie): Columbia University
U.S. News Score: 90/100
University Tuition: $39,326

6 (tie): University of Pennsylvania
U.S. News Score: 93/100
University Tuition: $37,526

6 (tie): California Institute of Technology
U.S. News Score: 93/100
University Tuition: $34,437

4 (tie): Stanford University
U.S. News Score: 94/100
University Tuition: $36,030

4 (tie): Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. News Score: 94/100
University Tuition: $36,390

3: Yale University
U.S. News Score: 98/100
University Tuition: $35,300

2: Princeton University
U.S. News Score: 99/100
University Tuition: $34,290

1: Harvard University
U.S. News Score: 100/100
University Tuition: $36,173

[See also: Forbes’ America’s Best Colleges List]

[Sources: US News, WalletPop.com, and Wikipedia]