Top Ranked US Universities

With the commencement programs in full flow this time of the year, here is the list of America's Best Universities - 2008


1 Princeton University (NJ)
2 Harvard University (MA)
3 Yale University(CT)
4 Stanford University(CA)
5 University of Pennsylvania
6 California Institute of Technology
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8 Duke University(NC)
9 Columbia University(NY)
10 University of Chicago
11 Dartmouth College(NH)
12 Washington University in St. Louis
13 Cornell University(NY)
14 Brown University(RI)
15 Northwestern University(IL)
16 Johns Hopkins University(MD)
17 Rice University(TX)
18 Emory University(GA)
19 Vanderbilt University(TN)
20 University of Notre Dame(IN)
21 University of California—Berkeley *
22 Carnegie Mellon University(PA)
23 University of Virginia *
24 Georgetown University(DC)
25 University of California—Los Angeles *
26 University of Michigan—Ann Arbor *
27 University of Southern California
28 University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill *
29 Tufts University(MA)
30 Wake Forest University(NC)
31 Lehigh University(PA)
32 Brandeis University(MA)
33 College of William and Mary(VA) *
34 New York University
35 University of Rochester(NY)
36 Georgia Institute of Technology *
37 Boston College
38 University of Wisconsin—Madison *
39 University of California—San Diego *
40 University of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign *
41 Case Western Reserve University(OH)
42 University of Washington *
43 University of California—Davis *
44 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NY)
45 University of Texas—Austin *
46 University of California—Santa Barbara *
47 University of California—Irvine *
48 Pennsylvania State University—University Park *
49 University of Florida *
50 Syracuse University(NY)
51 Tulane University(LA)
52 Yeshiva University(NY)
53 University of Miami(FL)
54 Pepperdine University(CA)
55 George Washington University(DC)
56 University of Maryland—College Park *
57 Ohio State University—Columbus *
58 Boston University
59 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick(NJ) *
60 University of Pittsburgh *
61 University of Georgia *
62 Texas A&M University—College Station *
63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute(MA)
64 University of Connecticut *
65 Purdue University—West Lafayette(IN) *
66 University of Iowa *
67 Fordham University(NY)
68 Miami University—Oxford(OH) *
69 Clemson University(SC) *
70 Southern Methodist University(TX)
71 University of Minnesota—Twin Cities *
72 Virginia Tech *
73 University of Delaware *
74 Michigan State University *
75 Stevens Institute of Technology(NJ)
76 Baylor University(TX)
77 Colorado School of Mines 11 *
78 Indiana University—Bloomington *
79 Brigham Young University—Provo(UT)
80 University of California—Santa Cruz *
81 University of Colorado—Boulder *
82 St. Louis University
83 SUNY—Binghamton *
84 Marquette University(WI)
85 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry *
86 North Carolina State University—Raleigh *
87 University of Denver
88 American University(DC)
89 Iowa State University *
90 University of Kansas *
91 University of Alabama *
92 University of Missouri—Columbia *
93 University of Nebraska—Lincoln *
94 University of Tulsa(OK)
95 Clark University(MA)
96 Auburn University(AL) *
97 SUNY—Stony Brook *
98 University of Tennessee *
99 University of Vermont *
100 University of Arizona *
101 University of the Pacific(CA)
102 University of California—Riverside *
103 Howard University(DC)
104 Illinois Institute of Technology
105 Northeastern University(MA)
106 University of Massachusetts—Amherst *
107 University of San Diego
108 University of New Hampshire *
109 Texas Christian University
110 Drexel University(PA)
111 University of Oklahoma *
112 University of South Carolina—Columbia *
113 University of Oregon *
114 Loyola University Chicago
115 University of Dayton(OH)
116 Florida State University *
117 Ohio University *
118 University of Missouri—Rolla *
119 Samford University(AL) 11
120 Washington State University *
121 University at Buffalo—SUNY *
122 University of Kentucky *
123 Catholic University of America(DC)
124 New Jersey Institute of Technology *
125 Clarkson University(NY)
126 Colorado State University *
127 University of Arkansas *
128 Michigan Technological University *
129 Kansas State University *
130 Arizona State University *

Source : US News


Louisiana Median
District of Columbia Median
New Mexico Median
Arizona High
Oregon High
Wisconsin High
Tennessee HIgh
Indiana High
Missouri High
Connecticut Average
Minnesota Average
Georgia Above Avg
Colorado Above Avg
Michigan Above Avg
Washington 15K
Florida 16k
North Carolina 18k
Ohio 19k
Virginia 20k
Illinois 21k
New Jersey 21k
Pennsylvania 26k
Maryland 27k
Massachusetts 28k
Texas 30,000
New York 41k
California 76k