Princeton held on to its ranking, coming in at No. 7 for the second year in a row. The Ivy League university has 30 faculty and alumni Nobel laureates, with a student population of close to 7,500. The school was chartered in 1746, and originally known as the College of New Jersey.
Reputation for teaching: 36.5
Reputation for research 38.6
2011-2012 : 5