美國頂級高校年度排名 普林斯頓大學再登榜首

Princeton was ranked the best U.S. university for a sixth straight year, followed by Harvard, according to the U.S. News And World Report 2017 Best Colleges Rankings issued last Tuesday.

於上週二公佈的《美國新聞與世界報道》2017年最佳大學排行榜顯示，普林斯頓連續第6年被評爲美國最佳大學，哈佛大學緊隨其後。

The University of Chicago, which was ranked ninth several years ago, tied with Yale University for the third best national college this year.

幾年前排名第九的芝加哥大學，今年與耶魯大學在全美最佳高校排行榜中並列第3。

Meanwhile, Willams College was ranked the top liberal arts college for the 14th consecutive year, followed by Amherst, Wellesley and Swarthmore.

同時，威廉姆斯學院連續第14年被列爲最佳文理學院，阿默斯特學院、韋爾斯利學院、斯沃斯莫爾學院位列2-4位。

Among public universities, the University of California at Berkeley remained at the top of the ranks for the 19th year in a row, followed by the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Virginia.

在公立大學排名中，加州大學伯克利分校連續第19年蟬聯榜首，其次爲加州大學洛杉磯分校和弗吉尼亞大學。

The survey assessed more than 18,000 US-based colleges and universities, of which 1,374 were ranked.

該調查評估了超1.8萬所美國高校，其中1374所高校榜上有名。

The institutions receive rankings based on some 15 measures of academic quality, including graduation rates, faculty resources, financial resources, alumni donations and test scores of incoming students and admission rates.

高校排名依據約15項學術質量指標，包括畢業率、師資資源、財務資源、校友捐贈、新生考試成績和錄取率。

Many of these data points vary slightly from year to year.

這些數據中的許多項每年都會稍有不同。