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Columbia rises to No. 12 in U.S. News ranking, above Cornell, Brown

This marks the University’s fifth consecutive year of not submitting data to the U.S. News rankings following the 2022 data reporting scandal.

By Simon Leton / Columbia Daily Spectator

The annual U.S. News & World Report list is widely considered to be the most prominent—and controversial—set of national university rankings.

By Simon Leton • September 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM

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