What are the Top U.S. Colleges for 2016? Find Out ...

A pedestrian walks past Harkness Gate on the Yale 

University campus in New Haven, Conn., on June 12, 2015.

 (Craig Warga, Bloomberg)

Yale’s 2019 freshman class already knew they were attending an elite institution. What they didn’t know was how elite.

Its 1,364 incoming freshmen are officially attending the top school in the USA, according to new data released today by College Factual.

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Last year’s top choice, the University of Pennsylvania, dropped to second place, while Duke held firm in third. Rounding out the remaining seven spots were more familiar institutions — all schools that made an appearance on the 2015 list. This year’s list is similar in composition, but placement within the top 10 shuffled.

“The two factors that seem to cause the shuffling comes down to time to completion among graduating classes – with each school just slightly over four years — but slight improvements getting to a rate of four years ,” says Bill Phelan, co-founder and CEO of College Factual.

“The second factor involves slight improvement in freshman retention rate. This would indicate that the schools are getting better at more precise placement of students within programs. It’s worth noting that shuffling among these schools will continue to change every year, with ever-so-slight variances as other schools also strive to improve,” he adds.

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