The results are in: Take a look at the most recent college rankings from U.S. News & World Report.  Here are the top 20 national universities for the coming year — along with their acceptance rate for fall 2009:

• Harvard University: 7%
• Princeton University: 10%
• Yale University: 8%
• Columbia University: 10%
• Stanford University: 8%
• University of Pennsylvania: 18%
• California Institute of Technology: 15%
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 11%
• Dartmouth College: 13%
• Duke University:: 19%
• University of Chicago: 27%
• Northwestern University: 27%
• Johns Hopkins University: 27%
• Washington University in St. Louis: 22%
• Brown University: 11%
• Cornell University: 19%
• Rice University: 22%
• Vanderbilt University: 20%
• University of Notre Dame: 29%
• Emory University: 30%

To view the entire list — and to see the methodology used in the study — click here.

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