U.S. News & World Report recently published its 2026 ranking of the best colleges nationally and by state. Two Nevada universities were mentioned in the ranking: the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

To determine which schools came out on top, U.S. News analyzed 17 different factors for each school. Peer assessments of the colleges held the most weight (20%), followed by graduation rates (16%) and graduation rate performance (10%). Financial resources for students (8%) and faculty salaries (6%) also held more weight than other factors in the analysis.

Other factors U.S. News looked at were first-year retention rates, Pell graduation rates, Pell graduation performance, college grads earning more than high school grads, borrower debt, full-time faculty,

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