“We are very pleased by the recognition that the University continues to receive for our quality of education, groundbreaking financial aid and the student experience,” Princeton officials said in a statement.
They added, however, that the quality of a university cannot be numerically quantified.
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“We continue to feel that formulaic rankings can never reflect the distinctiveness of an institution and may not represent what an individual college can offer a potential student,” they said.
The U.S. News list takes into account criteria such as academic reputation, faculty resources, average freshman retention rate, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving in ranking the country’s best universities.
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