Those in New Haven are proud today.

USA Today reports.

There’s a new No. 1 college in the U.S.

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.

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.


 
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