Caveat: the US News rankings are famously cooked and unreliable. You'd expect that from a cash cow that singularly keeps the US News brand alive, as well as the deliberate efforts of universities to drive up their brand's rank.

According to Wiki, three more independent and open source of rankings are the Acad. Ranking of World Univs, Times Higher Education, and Quaccquarelli Symonds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_and_university_ranking...

The Chronicle of Higher Education is also a well-regarded rater, esp. in assessment of research.

http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-World-University-Rankin...