Best National Universities  1 - 50
Rank
School
Overall score
Peer assessment score (5.0=highest)
Graduation and retention rank
Average freshman retention rate
predicted
Actual
Over-performance (+) Under-performance(-)
Faculty resources rank
% of classes under 20('07)
% of classes of 50 or more('07)
Student/faculty ratio('07)
% of faculty who are full time('07)
Selectivity rank
SAT/ACT 25-75th percentile('07)
Freshmen In top 10% of HS class('07)
Acceptance rate ('07)
Financial resources rank
Alumni giving rank
Average alumni giving rate
1
Harvard University(MA)
100
4.9
1
97%
94%
97%
+3
1
75%
9%
7/1
93%
2
1400-1590
95%
9%
7
5
41%
2
Princeton University(NJ)
99
4.8
2
98%
95%
95%
None
3
73%
10%
5/1
93%
2
1390-1580
96%
10%
14
1
60%
3
Yale University(CT)
98
4.8
2
99%
96%
96%
None
10
75%
8%
6/1
87%
2
1400-1590
97%
10%
2
4
43%
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
94
4.9
10
98%
95%
93%
-2
18
64%
12%
6/1
90%
2
1380-1560
97%
12%
3
10
37%
4
Stanford University
94
4.9
5
98%
93%
95%
+2
12
74%
11%
6/1
99%
9
1340-1550
91%
10%
10
13
36%
6
California Institute of Technology
93
4.6
19
98%
94%
89%
-5
5
69%
8%
3/1
98%
1
1470-1580
99%
17%
1
24
29%
6
University of Pennsylvania
93
4.5
5
98%
95%
95%
None
2
74%
7%
6/1
86%
6
1330-1530
96%
16%
9
8
38%
8
Columbia University(NY)
90
4.5
8
98%
92%
94%
+2
8
76%
8%
6/1
91%
6
1360-1540
94%
11%
16
13
36%
8
Duke University
90
4.4
10
97%
93%
94%
+1
5
70%
5%
8/1
97%
11
1340-1540
90%
23%
11
7
40%
8
university of Chicago
90
4.6
19
97%
91%
90%
-1
4
72%
4%
6/1
87%
21
1330-1530
83%
35%
7
21
32%
11
Dartmouth College(NH)
89
4.3
8
98%
93%
93%
None
15
64%
9%
8/1
93%
11
1330-1550
91%
15%
11
2
53%
12
Northwestern University
87
4.3
10
97%
92%
93%
+1
5
75%
7%
7/1
96%
14
1350-1520
85%
27%
13
23
31%
12
Washington University in St.Louis
87
4.1
15
97%
95%
92%
-3
9
73%
9%
7/1
94%
6
1370-1530
95%
17%
5
10
37%
14
Cornell University(NY)
86
4.5
15
96%
90%
92%
+2
16
60%
17%
10/1
98%
14
1290-1500
87%
21%
17
16
34%
15
Johns Hopkins University(MD)
85
4.5
19
97%
91%
91%
None
21
65%
11%
11/1
97%
21
1290-1500
82%
24%
3
18
33%
16
Brown University(RI)
84
4.3
5
98%
93%
95%
+2
17
70%
9%
8/1
94%
9
1330-1530
92%
14%
26
6
40%
17
Rice University(TX)
80
4
15
97%
92%
91%
-1
14
68%
7%
5/1
93%
18
1310-1530
83%
25%
23
15
34%
18
Emory University
79
3.9
30
94%
93%
88%
-5
11
68%
7%
7/1
95%
18
1300-1470
88%
27%
17
12
36%
18
University of Notre Dame(IN£©
79
3.9
4
98%
92%
95%
+3
20
56%
10%
12/1
97%
14
1300-1510
86%
24%
40
3
51%
18
Vanderbilt University(TN)
79
4
25
96%
90%
91%
+1
12
67%
6%
9/1
95%
27
1300-1480
80%
33%
14
31
25%
21
University of California-Berkeley
77
4.7
25
97%
84%
88%
+4
33
62%
14%
15/1
90%
14
1220-1470
99%
23%
44
118
14%
22
Carnegie Mellon University(PA)
75
4.1
30
94%
89%
87%
-2
18
65%
9%
11/1
93%
31
1290-1490
73%
28%
23
47
22%
23
Georgetown University(DC)
74
4
10
97%
90%
93%
+3
40
58%
7%
11/1
80%
13
1300-1490
90%
21%
37
27
28%
23
University of Virginia
74
4.3
14
97%
87%
93%
+6
35
49%
14%
15/1
98%
28
1200-1420
87%
35%
63
32
24%
25
University of California-Los Angeles
73
4.2
24
97%
83%
90%
+7
42
53%
20%
16/1
90%
21
1180-1430
97%
24%
26
109
14%
26
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
72
4.4
27
96%
81%
88%
+7
72
45%
18%
15/1
92%
18
27-31
92%
50%
35
74
18%
27
University of Southern California
71
3.9
32
96%
87%
85%
-2
25
64%
12%
9/1
82%
21
1270-1460
86%
25%
38
8
38%
28
Tufts University(MA)
70
3.6
19
96%
87%
89%
+2
22
75%
4%
8/1
84%
25
1340-1490
80%
27%
31
40
23%
28
Wake Forest University(NC)
70
3.5
27
94%
88%
89%
+1
35
57%
2%
10/1
92%
37
1240-1410
64%
42%
6
18
32%
30
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
69
4.1
32
96%
81%
83%
+2
50
44%
12%
14/1
98%
34
1210-1400
76%
35%
31
36
23%
31
Brandeis University£¨MA£©
67
3.5
27
95%
86%
88%
+2
27
66%
6%
8/1
89%
28
1280-1460
79%
34%
50
17
33%
32
College of William and Mary(VA)
65
3.7
18
95%
86%
92%
+6
44
49%
7%
11/1
91%
31
1250-1450
79%
34%
111
43
23%
33
New York University
64
3.8
37
92%
86%
84%
-2
24
58%
12%
12/1
75%
36
1240-1430
66%
37%
38
154
11%
34
Boston College
63
3.5
19
96%
86%
91%
+5
52
48%
7%
13/1
76%
28
1240-1430
80%
27%
70
50
21%
35
Georgia Institute of Technology
62
4
58
92%
82%
78%
-4
65
40%
22%
14/1
100%
42
1240-1420
66%
63%
47
22
31%
35
Lehigh University(PA)
62
3.2
32
94%
82%
83%
+1
40
47%
10%
9/1
88%
25
1240-1390
93%
32%
50
18
33%
35
University of California-San Diego
62
3.8
32
94%
86%
84%
-2
90
44%
30%
19/1
93%
31
1130-1360
99%
43%
28
190
8%
35
University of Rochester(NY)
62
3.4
38
94%
85%
81%
-4
35
62%
12%
9/1
86%
35
1230-1420
72%
41%
19
71
18%
35
University of Wisconsin-Madison
62
4.1
46
93%
76%
80%
+4
72
44%
18%
13/1
94%
42
26-30
60%
56%
50
118
13%
40
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
61
4
38
92%
76%
82%
+6
81
38%
19%
17/1
99%
50
26-31
55%
71%
63
109
14%
41
Case Western Reserve University(OH)
59
3.4
46
91%
88%
81%
-7
33
62%
10%
9/1
92%
48
1200-1410
66%
75%
21
109
14%
41
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NY)
59
3.5
38
92%
83%
82%
-1
42
53%
10%
14/1
95%
40
1250-1420
64%
49%
43
74
18%
41
University of Washington
59
3.9
64
93%
69%
75%
+6
129
35%
17%
11/1
93%
50
1090-1320
86%
65%
29
81
17%
44
University of California-Davis
58
3.8
44
90%
80%
79%
-1
100
35%
28%
19/1
94%
48
1030-1290
95%
59%
31
131
12%
44
University of California-Irvine
58
3.5
41
94%
79%
80%
+1
44
49%
17%
19/1
90%
42
1070-1300
96%
56%
55
124
13%
44
University of California-Santa Barbara
58
3.5
46
91%
81%
85%
+4
30
50%
17%
17/1
95%
37
1070-1310
96%
54%
94
62
19%
47
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
57
3.7
36
94%
64%
84%
+20
149
33%
17%
17/1
96%
85
1090-1300
45%
51%
65
47
22%
47
University of Texas-Austin
57
4
58
93%
73%
78%
+5
107
35%
23%
18/1
97%
52
1110-1370
69%
51%
94
89
16%
49
University of Florida
56
3.6
41
94%
78%
81%
+3
129
41%
20%
22/1
99%
42
1140-1360
76%
42%
44
74
17%
50
Yeshiva University (NY)
55
2.8
49
88%
83%
85%
+2
23
69%
1%
9/1
87%
59
1110-1360
61%
69%
19
36
23%