Цифра слева от названия — рейтинг по данным ассоциации Best American College, цифра справа от названия — рейтинг по данным Times.
1 Harvard University 1
2 Princeton University 3
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6
3 Yale University 2
5 California Institute of Technology 4
6 Stanford University 11
7 University of Chicago 4
8 Columbia University 7
9 University of Pennsylvania 9
10 Cornell University 12
11 University of California Berkeley 14
11 Duke University 8
13 Johns Hopkins University 10
14 Northwestern University 15
15 University of California Los Angeles 18
16 University of Michigan Ann Arbor 17
17 Carnegie Mellon University 12
18 University of California, San Diego 24
18 Brown University 16
20 University of Wisconsin Madison 22
21 New York University 20
22 Vanderbilt University 31
23 University of Washington 22
24 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 26
24 Washington University in St. Louis 53
26 Dartmouth College 25
27 University of Texas, Austin 21
28 Rice University 34
29 Emory University 27
30 University of Southern California 41
31 Pennsylvania State University University Park 33
31 University of Maryland College Park 30
33 University of California Davis 36
34 University of Rochester 35
35 University of Virginia 40
35 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 49
37 Case Western Reserve University 32
38 University of Pittsburgh 28
39 University of California Irvine 47
40 Georgia Institute of Technology 37
40 Boston University 19
41 University of Florida 45
43 Tufts University 51
44 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 48
44 Purdue University, West Lafayette 28
46 Georgetown University 38
47 Ohio State University Columbus 42
48 University of Colorado Boulder 39
49 University of Notre Dame 50
50 Rutgers the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick 55