Best Colleges 2011

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National University Rankings

• 1 Harvard University
  Cambridge, MA
• 2 Princeton University
  Princeton, NJ
• 3 Yale University
  New Haven, CT

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National Liberal Arts College Rankings

• 1 Williams College
  Williamstown, MA
• 2 Amherst College
  Amherst, MA
• 3 Swarthmore College
  Swarthmore, PA

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