There are two national universities within the top 10 Best Colleges rankings—Harvard and Stanford University—that have more than 100,000 Facebook fans on their official pages. The other schools among the top 10 have an average of roughly 27,000 fans.
| School Name | Facebook Fans (as of 4/5/11) | U.S. News Ranking | Facebook Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 316,644 | 1 | www.facebook.com/Harvard |
| Princeton University | 36,057 | 2 | www.facebook.com/PrincetonU |
| Yale University | 19,191 | 3 | www.facebook.com/YaleU |
| Columbia University | 18,490 | 4 | www.facebook.com/columbia |
| Stanford University | 133,915 | 5 | www.facebook.com/stanford |
| University of Pennsylvania | 18,523 | 5 | www.facebook.com/UnivPennsylvania |
| California Institute of Technology | 5,388 | 7 | www.facebook.com/californiainstituteof technology |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 27,883 | 7 | www.facebook.com/MITnews |
| Dartmouth College | 7,996 | 9 | www.facebook.com/Dartmouth |
| Duke University | 72,765 | 9 | www.facebook.com/DukeUniv |
| University of Chicago | 40,266 | 9 | www.facebook.com/uchicago |
Only one school among the U.S. News top 10 ranked universities, Harvard, was also among the 10 universities with the most overall fans on Facebook. "That speaks to the power of the brand," says Harvard's Heenan. "But we have to marry that with interesting, timely, high-quality content." None of the other nine universities with the most Facebook fans cracked the top 25 list of Best Colleges, but these schools have a prominent place within social media.
| School Name | Facebook Fans (as of 4/5/11) | U.S. News Ranking | Facebook Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 316,644 | 1 | www.facebook.com/Harvard |
| University of Michigan | 267,858 | 29 | www.facebook.com/universityofmichigan |
| Ohio State University | 265,657 | 56 | www.facebook.com/osu |
| Texas A&M University | 263,027 | 63 | www.facebook.com/tamu |
| University of Texas | 238,387 | 45 | www.facebook.com/UTAustinTX |
| University of Florida | 208,237 | 53 | www.facebook.com/uflorida |
| Pennsylvania State University | 188,880 | 47 | www.facebook.com/pennstate |
| University of Alabama | 171,036 | 79 | www.facebook.com/universityofalabama |
| Auburn University | 155,219 | 85 | www.facebook.com/auburnu |
| Michigan State University | 134,586 | 85 | www.facebook.com/spartans.msu |
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Manfred Laxy 4:51AM August 18, 2011