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Harvard University has occupied the numero uno rank among national universities across the US, beating its Ivy League rival Princeton University by a single point on US News and World Report's influential Best Colleges 2011 rankings.,Why rank colleges? A college education is one of the most importantand one of the most costlyinvestments that prospective students will ever make. For this reason, the editors of U.S. News believe that students and their families should have as much information as possible about the comparative merits of the educational programs at America's colleges and universities.,The information presented in the directory and in the Best Colleges 2011 rankings and tables was collected during the spring and summer of 2010 for the U.S. News annual statistical survey of colleges.,The schools that attract the most attention on the day that U.S.News