美大学排名新鲜出炉

Harvard University and Princeton University again topped the annual ranking of U.S. universities published by U.S. News and World Report magazine, reflecting a year of little change on the influential list.
哈佛大学(Harvard University)和普林斯顿大学(Princeton University)在《美国新闻与世界报道》杂志(U.S. News and World Report)的年度美国大学排行榜中再度名列榜首，显示这一年来这份深具影响力的排名变化不大。

The two Ivy League schools shared the top spot, just above Yale University, in third. Last year, Princeton placed second.
这两所常春藤盟校并列第一，耶鲁大学(Yale University)屈居第三。去年，普林斯顿大学名列第二。

The magazine awarded the #4 spot to a tie among the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania.
这份杂志将第四名授予加州理工学院(California Institute of Technology)、麻省理工学院(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)、斯坦福大学(Stanford University)和宾夕法尼亚大学(University of Pennsylvania)。

Eighth place was given to Columbia University, of New York City, and the University of Chicago.
第八名为哥伦比亚大学(Columbia University, of New York City)和芝加哥大学(University of Chicago)。

U.S. News and World Report ranks colleges using a variety of factors, including a poll of college administrators who rate other schools' prestige, and figures such as graduation rate, alumni giving rate, standardized test scores and admissions rate.
《美国新闻与世界报道》在进行大学排名时会综合考虑各种因素，如调查大学管理者对其它院校声望的打分，以及诸如毕业率、校友捐赠率、标准化考试分数和录取比率等数据。