Rank	School	Overall	Reputation	Graduation Rank	Freshmen Retention (%)	99 Predicted Grad (%)	99 Actual Grad (%)	99 over/under perform	Faculty Residence Rank	% Classes Under 20	% with 50 or more	Student/Faculty Ratio	% Full-time Faculty	Selectivity Rank	SAT/ACT 25th Percentile	SAT/ACT 75th Percentile	Top 10% of HS Class (%)	Acceptance Rate (%)	Financial Res. Rank	Alumni Giving Rank	Alumni Giving Rate (%)
1	Princeton University(NJ)	100	4.9	2	99	92	96	4	5	71	13	6	92	3	1360	1540	92	11	14	1	66
2	Harvard University(MA)	99	4.9	1	96	94	97	3	6	70	14	8	90	1	1400	1590	90	11	8	5	47
2	Yale University(CT)	99	4.9	3	98	93	94	1	10	78	9	7	90	2	1380	1550	95	16	4	3	49
4	California Institute of Technology	97	4.7	27	92	96	82	-14	1	78	6	3	96	4	1450	1580	100	18	1	9	41
5	Massachusetts Inst. of Technology	96	4.9	10	97	94	91	-3	13	70	12	7	90	6	1390	1560	94	19	3	7	43
6	Stanford University(CA)	94	4.9	6	98	91	90	-1	19	69	13	8	79	5	1360	1550	88	15	9	16	37
6	University of Pennsylvania	94	4.5	13	96	87	90	3	3	69	7	7	90	9	1310	1490	91	26	7	10	40
8	Duke University(NC)	93	4.6	7	97	89	92	3	7	68	7	8	98	13	1300	1500	88	28	11	6	45
9	Dartmouth College(NH)	91	4.4	5	96	90	94	4	20	58	9	9	86	10	1350	1530	87	21	10	2	52
10	Columbia University(NY)	90	4.7	14	97	89	91	2	16	67	9	7	94	7	1300	1500	87	14	15	22	32
10	Cornell University(NY)	90	4.6	12	96	87	91	4	14	73	11	13	98	18	1270	1460	80	33	16	17	36
10	University of Chicago	90	4.7	25	94	89	81	-8	2	69	3	4	95	24	1290	1490	79	48	13	20	35
13	Northwestern University(IL)	88	4.4	10	96	85	92	7	12	68	9	7	94	17	1300	1470	83	32	18	30	29
13	Rice University(TX)	88	4.2	16	95	91	88	-3	4	66	8	8	91	11	1310	1520	86	27	24	11	39
15	Brown University(RI)	87	4.4	7	97	87	93	6	30	59	13	11	94	8	1290	1490	86	17	28	8	43
15	Johns Hopkins University(MD)	87	4.6	18	95	89	87	-2	37	50	18	9	91	23	1280	1490	73	33	2	36	28
15	Washington University in St. Louis	87	4.1	20	96	83	86	3	11	72	9	7	90	22	1270	1440	79	34	5	15	37
18	Emory University(GA)	86	4	21	92	83	86	3	9	68	7	6	94	20	1280	1430	90	42	12	12	39
19	University of Notre Dame(IN)	85	3.9	4	98	80	95	15	17	54	11	13	89	15	1260	1430	83	35	51	4	48
20	University of California @ Berkeley*	83	4.8	29	95	81	82	1	35	58	16	17	92	12	1200	1430	98	27	42	86	18
20	University of Virginia*	83	4.4	9	97	80	91	11	28	50	14	16	95	19	1210	1410	82	34	64	31	29
22	Vanderbilt University(TN)	82	4.1	31	91	81	81	0	8	69	5	9	93	37	1220	1400	66	61	19	26	30
23	Carnegie Mellon University(PA)	80	4.2	41	91	83	78	-5	15	67	10	10	95	27	1270	1460	71	38	21	37	27
23	Georgetown University(DC)	80	3.9	15	96	83	90	7	63	54	13	12	83	14	1250	1450	78	23	21	23	30
25	Univ. of California @ Los Angeles*	78	4.3	30	96	74	80	6	69	43	28	18	90	16	1170	1400	97	29	27	137	13
25	University of Michigan @ Ann Arbor*	78	4.5	24	95	77	82	5	45	51	16	16	92	34	26	30	63	64	41	134	13
25	U. of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill*	78	4.2	28	95	72	80	8	57	42	12	14	97	29	1140	1360	68	39	31	41	26
28	Wake Forest University(NC)	77	3.4	23	93	85	86	1	31	60	2	11	93	32	1210	1390	66	49	6	13	38
29	Tufts University(MA)	76	3.6	19	96	83	86	3	27	69	7	8	88	25	1250	1430	70	32	39	27	30
30	College of William and Mary(VA)*	75	3.8	17	96	80	88	8	34	45	10	12	93	26	1230	1410	74	45	136	33	28
31	Brandeis University(MA)	73	3.6	33	91	81	81	0	32	71	7	9	87	35	1220	1420	65	52	37	19	35
31	Univ. of California @ San Diego*	73	3.8	35	94	74	79	5	60	48	27	19	94	21	1160	1360	99	41	23	200	7
33	New York University	72	3.7	53	89	75	72	-3	18	64	10	12	75	28	1230	1420	61	32	38	105	15
33	University of Rochester(NY)	72	3.4	37	93	75	74	-1	21	64	10	12	94	49	1230	1410	57	66	17	58	22
35	Georgia Institute of Technology*	71	4.1	71	86	83	69	-14	84	26	16	13	100	38	1220	1415	60	69	35	21	35
35	Univ. of Southern California	71	3.8	54	93	68	70	2	58	54	16	11	86	31	1160	1370	70	37	44	44	24
35	Univ. of Wisconsin @ Madison*	71	4.3	44	91	69	75	6	95	37	20	13	91	48	25	29	46	74	56	133	13
38	Boston College	70	3.5	22	94	78	87	9	82	39	10	13	80	33	1200	1370	62	35	99	32	28
38	Case Western Reserve Univ.(OH)	70	3.6	45	91	82	73	-9	37	50	15	8	97	41	1220	1440	67	71	25	25	30
38	Lehigh University(PA)	70	3.2	26	93	74	80	6	29	51	6	12	94	50	1156	1341	56	48	53	14	38
41	University of California @ Davis*	69	3.8	40	91	66	76	10	106	32	28	19	95	42	1060	1280	95	63	40	152	12
41	University of California @ Irvine*	69	3.6	42	92	61	74	13	52	41	23	18	91	43	1035	1255	95	61	47	188	9
41	U. of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign*	69	4.2	38	92	73	75	2	157	29	18	16	94	46	25	28	51	71	62	118	14
44	Pennsylvania State U. @ University Park*	68	3.9	32	93	66	80	14	163	32	20	18	95	64	1080	1300	42	49	89	68	21
45	Tulane University(LA)	66	3.5	52	86	76	72	-4	41	52	9	9	81	61	1191	1393	52	78	46	67	21
45	Univ. of California @ Santa Barbara*	66	3.5	61	88	56	67	11	51	43	21	20	94	36	1080	1290	95	53	127	120	14
45	University of Washington*	66	4	55	90	64	72	8	158	38	16	11	93	97	1040	1280	39	77	42	122	14
45	Yeshiva University(NY)	66	2.9	42	83	79	92	13	22	67	2	15	91	92	1080	1300		79	20	62	22
49	Pepperdine University(CA)	65	3	58	85	69	72	3	24	70	1	13	76	44	1150	1350	64	35	57	83	18
49	Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.(NY)	65	3.6	49	90	79	73	-6	86	35	16	18	92	59	1180	1370	54	78	74	61	22
49	University of Texas @ Austin*	65	4.1	81	88	67	66	-1	75	40	18	19	97	55	1080	1300	48	63	147	146	12