Penn clocks in at No. 5 in the U.S. News & World Report's 2008 rankings of national universities, released today online.
The position, for which the University is tied with the California Institute of Technology, marks a slight improvement from last year's standing at No. 7, while still shy of 2006's high of No. 4.
The ranking's top three schools - Princeton, Harvard and Yale universities, respectively - remain unchanged from last year, while Stanford University rose to No. 4.
This year's rankings are now viewable at http://www.usnews.com/sections/rankings/index.html and will be included in Monday's edition of the magazine.
The top-10 national universities are as follows:
1. Princeton University 2. Harvard University 3. Yale University 4. Stanford University 5. University of Pennsylvania 5. California Institute of Technology (tie) 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8. Duke University 9. Columbia University 9. University of Chicago (tie)
