In its other categories, Caltech was best for faculty resources, New York University earned the top spot for campus experience, and Columbia University was No. 1 for career outcomes. Here is WalletHub's list of the overall Best Colleges and Universities for 2023:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
California Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Harvard University
Stanford University
Rice University
University of Pennsylvania
Georgia Institute of Technology
Duke University
Northwestern University
Johns Hopkins University
Brown University
Columbia University
Vanderbilt University
Swarthmore College
Carnegie Mellon University
Dartmouth College
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont McKenna College
University of California-Berkeley
University of Florida
University of Chicago
University of Southern California
University of California-Irvine
Wellesley College
Amherst College
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Cornell University
University of Virginia
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
University of Notre Dame
Georgetown University
Washington and Lee University
Emory University
Washington University in St. Louis
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Carleton College
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
University of California-San Diego
University of Texas at Austin
Vassar College
Colby College
University of California-Santa Barbara
Barnard College
Macalester College
Haverford College
Tufts University
Boston College
University of Georgia
Case Western Reserve University
New York University
Trinity University
University of Richmond
William & Mary
College of the Holy Cross
Binghamton University-SUNY
Boston University
Scripps College
Florida State University
Villanova University
Brandeis University
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Colgate University
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Mount Holyoke College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Davidson College
Tulane University
Centre College
University of California-Davis
Occidental College
North Carolina State University
St. Olaf College
University of Maryland-College Park
Kenyon College
University of Rochester
Rhodes College
Brigham Young University-Provo
Stony Brook University-SUNY
Wabash College
University of Connecticut
DePauw University
Bucknell University
CUNY-Baruch College
Union College (NY)
Whitman College
Virginia Tech
Lehigh University
Connecticut College
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stevens Institute of Technology
Oberlin College and Conservatory
CUNY-Hunter College
Virginia Military Institute
The Ohio State University-Columbus

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