Duke is the 10th best university in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings released Tuesday at midnight.
The University dropped one spot from last year when they were ranked 9th and were tied with Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago.
Harvard University and Princeton University tied for the first spot this year, followed by Yale University at 3rd, Columbia University at 4th and California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania all tying for 5th.
According to the data, Duke had the 11th lowest acceptance rate, 13th highest freshman retention rate and 10th highest six-year graduate rate among the ranked universities.
Since 1988, Duke has fluctuated between 3rd and 12th. Duke has remained in the top 10 throughout that entire period, with the exception of 1989 when it placed 12th. Behind that year, Duke's 2010 and 2012 rankings of 10th are the lowest that the University has seen within the past 25 years.
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