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"Mashable received exclusive early access to the U.S. News list of top ranking national universities and national liberal arts colleges, which was released on Tuesday. The rankings take several factors into account, including tuition, acceptance rate, retention rate, class size, SAT scores and graduation rate.\nWe decided to add another factor for review: social media connectedness. Below you'll find top 10 lists of universities and liberal arts colleges alongside an analysis of their social media presences. \nMashable looked at Twitter feeds encompassing university life, official Facebook pages and YouTube channels, not to mention the follower count for each official university/college account. Take a flip through the galleries to discover how higher education institutions stack up to the growing trends in social media. Also, you can check out U.S. News' newly launched social tool that allows participants to discover where their Facebook friends went to college.\nFeel free to share in the comments below how your college stacks up socially.\nTop National Universities\n\n\nSocially Connected Universities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. (tied) Harvard University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 1 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @Harvard \nTwitter followers: 66,737\nOther Twitter accounts:  @thecrimson,@HarvardMagazine, @Harvard_Library, @THCSports, @HUDSInfo, @ABCDSocialMedia\nMain Facebook page: Harvard\nFacebook fans: 698,933\nYouTube channel: harvard\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 390/ 27,786\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. (tied) Princeton University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 1 (tied)\nMain Twitter account:  @Princeton\nTwitter followers: 15,572\nOther Twitter accounts: @pace_princeton, @PUArtMuseum, @princetonian, @PUTIGERS, @PrincetonDining, @princetoncareer\nMain Facebook page: PrincetonU\nFacebook fans: 52,125 \nYouTube channel: princetonuniversity\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 164/ 2,979\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Yale University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 3\nMain Twitter account: @Yale\nTwitter followers: 22,774\nOther Twitter accounts: @yaledailynews, @YaleAthletics, @yalelibrary, @Yale_Emergency, @Yale_Athletics\nMain Facebook page: YaleUniversity\nFacebook fans: 36,825\nYouTube channel: YaleUniversity\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 650/ 19,986\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Columbia University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 4\nMain Twitter account: n/a\nOther Twitter accounts: @CU_Spectator, @ColumbiaGS, @columbiajourn, @ColumbiaScience, @ColumbiaCCE, @GoColumbiaLions, @ColumbiaCSA \nMain Facebook page: ColumbiaNYC\nFacebook fans: 25,957\nYouTube channel: columbiauniversity\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 619/ 4,121\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. (tied) California Institute of Technology \n\nU.S. News university ranking: 5 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @Caltech\nTwitter followers: 2,570\nOther Twitter accounts: @caltechevents, @CaltechMITForum, @CaltechAMT, @CaltechGreen \nMain Facebook page: California Institute of Technology\nFacebook fans: 7,713\nYouTube channel: caltech\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 38/ 302\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. (tied) Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 5 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @MITNews\nTwitter followers: 781\nOther Twitter accounts: @mitlibraries, MITstudents, @MITscience, @MITMuseum, @MIT_Spectrum, @MIT_TechTV, @MITCampusDining, @MITEECS, @MITgetfit,  @MITmedical\nMain Facebook page: MITnews\nFacebook fans: 55,827\nYouTube channel:  MIT TechTV.\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 1,773/ 112,216\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. (tied) Stanford University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 5 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @Stanford\nTwitter followers: 45,590 \nOther Twitter accounts: @StanfordDaily, @stanford_humsci, @suathletics, @stanfordrec, @stanfordbuzztap, @StanfordDining, @StanfordCareers \nMain Facebook page: Stanford\nFacebook fans: 226,322\nYouTube channel: StanfordUniversity\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 1,383/ 89,041\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. (tied) University of Chicago\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 5 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @UChicago\nTwitter followers: 2,600\nOther Twitter accounts: @uchicagonews, @UChicagoMag, @ChicagoMaroons, @UCPD, @uofcpsac\nMain Facebook page: UChicago\nFacebook fans: 47,555\nYouTube channel: TheUofChicago\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 70/ 511\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. (tied) University of Pennsylvania\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 5 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: UofPenn\nTwitter followers: 9,013\nOther Twitter accounts: @underthebutton, @dailypenn, @PennCurrent, @pennbookstore, @pennathletics, @PennWebTeam \nMain Facebook page: UnivPennsylvania\nFacebook fans: 24,057 \nYouTube channel: UnivPennsylvania \nYouTube videos/subscribers: 233/ 1,999\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Duke University\n\nU.S. News university ranking: 10\nMain Twitter account: @DukeNews\nTwitter followers: 4,333\nOther Twitter accounts: @Duke_SA, @dukestudents, @DukeOSAF, @DukeLibrarian, @dukeondemand, @DukeCampusFarm, @dukechronicle, @DUMBand, @DukeWellness, @Duke_Athletics, @DukePerformances \nMain Facebook page: DukeUniv\nFacebook fans:  88,191\nYouTube channel: Duke\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 219/1,386\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTop National Liberal Arts Colleges\n\n\nSocially Connected Colleges\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Williams College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 1\nMain Twitter account: @williamscollege\nTwitter followers: 2,675\nOther Twitter accounts: @EphSports\nMain Facebook page: williamscollege\nFacebook fans: 6,523\nYouTube channel: williamscollege\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 193/ 267  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Amherst College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 2\nMain Twitter account: @AmherstCollege\nTwitter followers: 2,104\nOther Twitter accounts: @wamhamherst, @AmherstBaseball, @theateranddance, @CollegianStaff, @AmherstSports\nMain Facebook page: amherstcollege\nFacebook fans: 4,800\nYouTube channel: AmherstCollege\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 132/ 242 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Swarthmore College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 3\nMain Twitter account:  @swarthmore\nTwitter followers: 1,069\nOther Twitter accounts: @swatgazette, @swarthmorestuco, @SwatAthletics\nMain Facebook page: Swarthmore-College\nFacebook fans: 3,030\nYouTube channel: SwarthmoreCollegePA\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 153/ 103\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Pomona College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 4\nMain Twitter account: @pomonacollege\nTwitter followers: 1,564\nOther Twitter accounts: @PomonaArtMuseum, @PomonaCDO\nMain Facebook page: pomonacollege\nFacebook fans: 4,136 \nYouTube channel: PomonaCollege\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 71/ 55\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Middlebury College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 5\nMain Twitter account:   @Middlebury\nTwitter followers: 2,789\nOther Twitter accounts: @middblog, @middcampus, @MiddAthletics, @middartmuseum\nMain Facebook page:  middleburycollege\nFacebook fans: 7,859\nYouTube channel: middcommunications\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 78/ 782\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. (tied) Bowdoin College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 6 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @bowdoincollege\nTwitter followers: 1,092\nOther Twitter accounts: @bowdoinnews, @bowdoinorient, @GoUBears, @BowdoinMuseum, @BowdoinCstore\nMain Facebook page:  Bowdoin\nFacebook fans: 7,558\nYouTube channel: Bowdoin1794\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 57/ 52\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. (tied) Carleton College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 6 (tied)\nMain Twitter account:  @CarletonCollege\nTwitter followers: 1,581\nOther Twitter accounts: @CarletonNews, @CarletonKnights, @TheWellnessCntr, @BamcoCarleton, @CC_theCave\nMain Facebook page: CarletonCollege\nFacebook fans: 5,846\nYouTube channel: carletoncollege\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 19/ 37\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. (tied) Wellesley College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 6 (tied)\nMain Twitter account: @WellesleyNews\nTwitter followers: 1,900\nOther Twitter accounts: @Wellesleymag, @WellesleyBlue, @MyCWS\nMain Facebook page: WellesleyCollege\nFacebook fans: 7,528 \nYouTube channel: WellesleyCollegeTV\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 25/ 56\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Claremont McKenna College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 9\nMain Twitter account:   n/a\nOther Twitter accounts: @cmcforum, @CMCnews\nMain Facebook page:  ClaremontMcKennaCollege\nFacebook fans: 1,928\nYouTube channel: claremontmckenna\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 22/ 55\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Haverford College\n\nU.S. News college ranking: 10\nMain Twitter account: @haverfordedu\nTwitter followers: 641\nOther Twitter accounts: @AskHaverford, @FordsSports, @haverfordhhc, @hcblacksquirrel \nMain Facebook page: haverfordcollege\nFacebook fans: 578\nYouTube channel: haverfordcollege\nYouTube videos/subscribers: 44/25\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, atreides64"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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