Rank Universities Score 2 University of California, San Diego 4.2 2 University of Washington 4.2 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison 4.2 5 University of California, Davis 4.1 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 7 University of California, Los Angeles 4.0 7 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 4.0 9 University of Texas, Austin 3.9 10 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.8 10 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.8 12 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.7 13 Indiana University, Bloomington 3.6 13 University of Arizona 3.6 17 University of Florida 3.4 17 Michigan State University 3.4 17 Ohio State University 3.4 17 University of California, Santa Barbara 3.4 17 University of Pittsburgh 3.4 17 University of Virginia 3.4 23 Purdue University, West Lafayette 3.3 23 University of Iowa 3.3 23 University of Maryland, College Park 3.3 23 University of Oregon 3.3 27 SUNY, Stony Brook 3.2 28 Rutgers, New Brunswick 3.1 28 Texas A&M University, College Station 3.1 28 University of Kansas 3.1 31 Iowa State University 3.0 31 University of Missouri, Columbia 3.0 31 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 3.0 2010 ranking of the Top 100 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report
Rank Universities Score 2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.3 4 University of California, San Diego 4.2 4 University of Washington 4.2 6 University of California, Davis 4.0 6 University of California, Los Angeles 4.0 6 University of Texas, Austin 4.0 9 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 3.9 10 Indiana University, Bloomington 3.8 10 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.8 12 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.7 13 Michigan State University 3.6 13 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.6 16 Ohio State University 3.5 16 Purdue University, West Lafayette 3.5 16 University of Arizona 3.5 16 University of Virginia 3.5 21 Rutgers, New Brunswick 3.4 21 SUNY, Stony Brook 3.4 21 University of Florida 3.4 21 University of Iowa 3.4 21 University of Maryland, College Park 3.4 21 University of Oregon 3.4 27 University of California, Santa Barbara 3.3 27 University of Kansas 3.3 27 University of Pittsburgh 3.3 30 Iowa State University 3.2 30 Texas A&M University, College Station 3.2 32 University of Missouri, Columbia 3.1 33 University at Buffalo, SUNY 2.8 33 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.8 2007 ranking of the Top 165 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report
Rank Universities Score 2 University of California, San Diego 4.3 2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.3 5 University of California, Davis 4.2 5 University of Washington 4.2 7 University of California, Los Angeles 4.0 8 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.9 8 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 3.9 8 University of Texas, Austin 3.9 11 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.8 12 Indiana University, Bloomington 3.7 12 University of California, Irvine 3.7 14 University of Arizona 3.6 14 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.6 16 Purdue University, West Lafayette 3.5 16 Rutgers, New Brunswick 3.5 16 SUNY, Stony Brook 3.5 16 University of California, Santa Barbara 3.5 16 University of Virginia 3.5 22 Michigan State University 3.4 22 Ohio State University 3.4 22 University of Maryland, College Park 3.4 25 University of Florida 3.3 25 University of Iowa 3.3 25 University of Oregon 3.3 25 University of Pittsburgh 3.3 29 Texas A&M University, College Station 3.2 30 Iowa State University 3.1 31 University of Missouri, Columbia 3.0 32 University of Kansas 2.9 32 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.9 34 University at Buffalo, SUNY 2.7 2006 ranking of the Top 147 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report
Rank Universities Score 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison 4.4 3 University of California, San Diego 4.3 3 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.3 5 University of California, Los Angeles 4.2 5 University of Washington 4.2 7 University of California, Davis 4.0 7 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.0 9 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.9 9 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 3.9 11 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.7 11 University of Texas, Austin 3.7 13 Purdue University, West Lafayette 3.6 13 University of Virginia 3.6 16 Indiana University, Bloomington 3.5 16 University of Arizona 3.5 18 Michigan State University 3.4 18 Penn State University, University Park 3.4 18 SUNY, Stony Brook 3.4 18 University of Iowa 3.4 18 University of Maryland, College Park 3.4 23 University of Florida 3.3 23 Ohio State University 3.3 23 Rutgers, New Brunswick 3.3 23 University of Oregon 3.3 27 Texas A&M University, College Station 3.2 27 University of California, Santa Barbara 3.2 27 University of Pittsburgh 3.2 30 Iowa State University 3.1 31 University of Kansas 3.0 32 University of Missouri, Columbia 2.9 33 SUNY, Buffalo 2.7 33 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.7 2002 ranking of the Top 137 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report
Reputation Rank Universities Score 3 University of California, San Diego 4.2 3 University of Washington 4.2 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 6 University of California, Davis 3.9 6 University of California, Los Angeles 3.9 6 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.9 9 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.8 9 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 3.8 11 University of California, Irvine 3.7 11 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 3.7 13 Indiana University, Bloomington 3.6 14 Pennsylvania State University, University Park 3.5 14 Purdue University, West Lafayette 3.5 14 University of Arizona 3.5 14 University of Virginia 3.5 18 Ohio State University 3.4 18 University of Texas, Austin 3.4 20 Michigan State University 3.3 20 University of California, Santa Barbara 3.3 20 University of Iowa 3.3 20 University of Oregon 3.3 24 University of Florida 3.2 25 Iowa State University 3.1 25 Rutgers, New Brunswick 3.1 25 University of Kansas 3.1 25 University of Maryland, College Park 3.1 25 University of Pittsburgh 3.1 30 University of Missouri, Columbia 3.0 31 SUNY, Buffalo 2.8 32 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.7 ranking of the Top 108 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Graduate Schools," February 1996.