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RANKED: Capital Region’s Top Colleges
See how the Capital District's colleges stack up against each other and the rest of New York.
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I stumbled upon an article on the Times Union that stated that the U.S. News report of the Top Colleges in the Country had been released. The publication uses a few categories for their scoring criteria when considering the top schools.
I'll save you some of the leg work. The Capital Region's top four-year colleges are as follows:
- RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) came in at #5 in the state, but #49 Nationally overall
- University at Albany - SUNY - #16 in NYS, #140 Nationally overall
- The New School - #18 in NYS, #147 Nationally overall
- Union College - #27 in NYS, #39 in National Liberal Arts Colleges
- Skidmore College - #28 in NYS, #41 in National Liberal Arts Colleges
- Siena College - #33 in NYS, #135 in National Liberal Arts Colleges
Everyone else was outside the top 50 in-state. What do you think of the rankings? Fair? Foul? Surprised?
Check the full New York State rankings here.
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