(Public or private, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, based on academic standards)

1. California Institute of Technology
2. Harvard University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4. Princeton University
4. Yale University
6. Stanford University
7. Duke University
7. Johns Hopkins University
7. University of Pennsylvania
10. Columbia University
11. Cornell University
11. Dartmouth College
13. University of Chicago
14. Brown University
14. Northwestern University
14. Rice University
17. Washington U. in St. Louis
18. Emory University
19. University of Notre Dame
20. University of California - Berkeley
20. Vanderbilt University
22. University of Virginia
23. Carnegie Mellon University
23. Georgetown University
25. University of California - Los Angeles
25. University of Michigan
27. University of North Carolina
28. Wake Forest University
29. College of William and Mary
29. Tufts University
31. Brandeis University
32. University of California - San Diego
32. University of Rochester
34. Case Western Reserve University
34. Lehigh University
34. New York University
34. University of Illinois
34. University of Wisconsin
39. Boston College
40. Georgia Institute of Technology
40. Pennsylvania State University
42. University of California - Davis
42. University of Southern California
44. Tulane University
44. University of California - Santa Barbara
44. University of Texas
44. University of Washington
44. Yeshiva University
49. University of California - Irvine
49. University of Florida

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