And the top U.S. college is…

Published 11:01 am Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Harvard, Princeton and Yale are all good universities — who knew?

U.S. News and World Report released today its 27th annual round-up of the nation’s top colleges. And yes, East Coast schools were dominant, taking eight of the top spots, with Harvard University in sole possession of No. 1.

California schools — Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology — rounded out the top 10.

The Huskies also fared well on the list. The University of Washington tied for No. 41 with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and the University of California-Irvine.

Washington State University landed a bit further down, tied for No. 111 with five other schools — the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, North Carolina State University-Raleigh, the University of Oklahoma in Norman and the University of Oregon in Eugene.

The magazine walks readers through the high points of its rankings here.