The rankings of the top colleges and universities
in the United States is based on several factors gathered
by US News and World Report. These are the top schools in
the country and provide 4 year degree programs as well as
graduate school programs.
1. Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
2. Princeton University - Princeton, NJ
3. Yale University - New Haven, CT
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
4. Stanford University - Stanford, CA
6. California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA
6. University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
8. Columbia University - New York, NY
8. Duke University - Durham, NC
8. University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
11. Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
12. Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
12. Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
14. Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
15. Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
16. Brown University - Providence, RI
17. Rice University - Houston, TX
18. Emory University - Atlanta, GA
18. University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
18. Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
21. University of California--Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
22. Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
23. Georgetown University - Washington, DC
23. University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
25. University of California--Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
26. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI
27. University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
28. Tufts University - Medford, MA
28. Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem, NC
30. University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill,
NC
31. Brandeis University - Waltham, MA
32. College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, VA
33. New York University - New York, NY
34. Boston College - Chestnut Hill, MA
35. Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
35. Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA
35. University of California--San Diego - La Jolla, CA
35. University of Rochester - Rochester, NY
35. University of Wisconsin--Madison - Madison, WI
40. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - Champaign,
IL
41. Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
41. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY
41. University of Washington - Seattle, WA
44. University of California--Davis - Davis, CA
44. University of California--Irvine - Irvine, CA
44. University of California--Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara,
CA
47. Pennsylvania State University--University Park - University
Park, PA
47. University of Texas--Austin - Austin, TX
49. University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
50. Yeshiva University - New York, NY
51. Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
51. University of Miami - Coral Gables, FL
53. George Washington University - Washington, DC
53. Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
53. University of Maryland--College Park - College Park, MD
56. Ohio State University--Columbus - Columbus, OH
56. Pepperdine University - Malibu, CA
58. University of Georgia - Athens, GA
58. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA
60. Boston University - Boston, MA
61. Clemson University - Clemson, SC
61. Fordham University - New York, NY
61. University of Minnesota--Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN
64. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick
- Piscataway, NJ
64. Texas A&M University--College Station - College Station,
TX
66. Miami University--Oxford - Oxford, OH
66. Purdue University--West Lafayette - West Lafayette, IN
66. Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX
66. University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT
66. University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
71. Indiana University--Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
71. Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
71. University of Delaware - Newark, DE
71. Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
71. Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MA
76. Baylor University - Waco, TX
77. Marquette University - Milwaukee, WI
77. SUNY--Binghamton - Binghamton, NY
77. University of Colorado--Boulder - Boulder, CO
80. Clark University - Worcester, MA
80. Colorado School of Mines - Golden, CO
80. St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
83. American University - Washington, DC
83. North Carolina State University--Raleigh - Raleigh, NC
83. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Syracuse,
NY
83. Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ
83. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
83. University of Tulsa - Tulsa, OK
89. Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
89. Iowa State University - Ames, IA
89. University of California--Riverside - Riverside, CA
89. University of Denver - Denver, CO
89. University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
89. University of Nebraska--Lincoln - Lincoln, NE
89. University of Vermont - Burlington, VT
96. Auburn University - Auburn University, AL
96. Northeastern University - Boston, MA
96. SUNY--Stony Brook - Stony Brook, NY
96. University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
96. University of California--Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
96. University of Missouri--Columbia - Columbia, MO
102. Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
102. Howard University - Washington, DC
102. Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
102. University of Massachusetts--Amherst - Amherst, MA
102. University of San Diego - San Diego, CA
102. University of the Pacific - Stockton, CA
108. University of Dayton - Dayton, OH
108. University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK
108. University of Oregon - Eugene, OR
108. University of South Carolina--Columbia - Columbia, SC
108. University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN
113. Brigham Young University--Provo - Provo, UT
113. Texas Christian University - Fort Worth, TX
113. University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
116. Catholic University of America - Washington, DC
116. Loyola University Chicago - Chicago, IL
116. Ohio University - Athens, OH
116. University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
116. Washington State University - Pullman, WA
121. Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ
121. Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY
121. Michigan Technological University - Houghton, MI
121. University at Buffalo--SUNY - Buffalo, NY
125. Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
125. University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR
127. New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark, NJ
127. University of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
127. University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
130. Duquesne University - Pittsburgh, PA
130. Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS
130. Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge,
LA
130. Samford University - Birmingham, AL
**These rankings of colleges and universities
are provided by US News and World ReportFurther details and
explanations of how the rankings were derived can be found
on the US News and World Report website (usnews.com).
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