Best Colleges
Harvard tops the annual list of National Universities, while Williams ranks the highest among National Liberal Arts Colleges.
America's Best Graduate Schools
Thinking about taking your education to the next level? Check out the more than 1,500 schools included in our extensive directory of graduate-level programs.
America's Best High Schools
We analyzed data from thousands of schools in 48 states to produce our list of the nation's best. One hundred schools earned gold medals, while many more earned silver or bronze medals or honorable mention.
World's Best Universities
Rankings are based on data from the QS World University Rankings, in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
Best Vacations
Travel guides and rankings based on the opinions of travel writers and users across the Web. With these, you can find the best places to visit and the best hotels, restaurants and attractions in each place.
Best Cars & Trucks
U.S. News car rankings are based on our analysis of the collective wisdom of the country's top automotive critics from media companies, consumer research organizations, and other sources.
Best Hospitals
The U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals rankings cover 152 hospitals in 16 adult specialties. 62 children's hospitals are covered in 10 pediatric specialties.
Best Health Insurance Plans
This year's rankings of commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid HMOs and POS plans show useful information about most of America's larger plans as well as the majority of the nation's smaller ones.
Explore our alphabetical listings of plans. Search Commercial Plans, Medicare Plans, and Medicaid Plans. Or, search our rankings:
Best Nursing Homes
More than 15,000 nursing homes are ranked and included in our directory of American nursing homes.
Best Mutual Funds
For investors, the search for the perfect mutual fund has always been something of a holy grail quest. U.S. News has created a unique rankings system that is designed for long-term investors looking for broad access to information about funds. In the process, we've assigned scores to upwards of 4,500 distinct mutual funds.
Best Places to Retire
Ready to think about retirement? U.S. News has assembled more than 2,000 places for you to choose from, plus profiles of 10 more that we found attractive.
Best States for Teen Drivers
Find out how your state ranks in teen driving safety.
America's Best Leaders
With Americans' faith in their leaders declining, U.S. News profiles those who Harvard's Center for Public Leadership identified as the nation's best.
