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Top Twenty Private Universities

Most universities are brilliant and can give a student exactly what they want, but it takes a lot more than that to get ranked as one of the best universities in the world. The universities that get these rankings are those that strive in giving their students only the finest education and it is often the more expensive universities that get these rankings as they are able to provide more benefits to their students. The top twenty private universities and their motto’s at the moment are:

• Harvard University – “ Veritas” (Truth)
• Princeton University – Dei sub numine viget (“Under God’s power she flourishes”)
• Duke University – Eruditio et Religio (“Knowledge and Faith”)
• Yale University – Lux et veritas (“Light and Truth”)
• Stanford University – Die Luft der Freiheit weht (“ The wind of freedom blows”)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Mens et Manus (“Mind and Hand”)
• Dartmouth College – Vox clamantis in deserto (“The voice of one crying in the wilderness”)
• University of Pennsylvania – Leges sine moribus vanae (“Laws without morals are useless”)
• Brown University – In deo speramus (“In God we hope”)
• California Institute of Technology – “The truth shall make you free”
• Columbia University – In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (“In Thy light we shall see the light”)
• Emory University – Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (“ The wise heart seeks knowledge”)
• Northwestern University – Quaecumque sunt vera (“ Whatsoever things are true”)
• Cornell University – “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study”)
• Johns Hopkins University – Veritas vos liberabit (“ The truth shall make you free”)
• University of Chicago – Crescat scientia; vita excolatur
• Rice University – Letters, Science, Art
• Washington University – In God Our Trust
• University of Notre Dame – Vita, Dulcedo, Spes
• Vanderbilt University