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USC, UCLA Tie in National Academic Rankings It's been a tough rivalry in recent years for USC and UCLA. We're not talking about football. We're talking about the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. In 2012 the L.A. schools tied for number 24 among "best national universities." In 2013, they tied at 23. Last...

UCLA ranked second best U.S. public university, 12th overall in the world UCLA placed 12th among all universities globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities — compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The 15 colleges where graduates earn back their tuition costs (and then some) One way that most people are able to justify sky-high college tuition costs is by viewing the thousands of dollars as an investment.

Private colleges with the biggest payoff Graduates with bachelor's degrees from these private schools see the biggest return on their college investment, according to a report from PayScale.