How the top ten colleges in the 2024-25 U.S. News Best National Universities ranking have ranked in previous years.

Correction: In a previous version of this article, the data table erroneously stated that Yale was ranked at No. 4 and Stanford at No. 5 in 2025. It has been updated to clarify that Yale is at No. 5 and Stanford at No. 4. The DP regrets this error.
Source: Jared MitovichGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper