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The U.S. News & World Report college rankings delivered some big surprises. Last years No. 2 Columbia University in Manhattan tumbled 16 spots to 18.

US News relegated Columbia to 18th from second place after it was revealed the college had misrepresented key statistics

This decline for Columbia University comes after the institution was purportedly charged with falsifying the rankings data.

Columbia University has fallen in the U.S. News and World Report rankings and the fall was great. From No. 2 to No. 18 the university fell due to admitted fault in wrong numbers given portraying what the school offers.

The university plunged from No. 2 to No. 18 in the popular list, which many experts call into question.

Columbia University collapsed from second to 18th in the influential rankings released Monday and announced this past weekend they were withdrawing from them.

Cornell University is now ranked first in New York state according to U.S. News and World Report, following the drop of Columbia University amid rankings scandal.

Drop comes 8 months after a Columbia professor accused it of fudging some key statistics.   Read more at straitstimes.com.