Top 100 Colleges/Universities in America (as rated by USA ...

[Pages:54]Top 100 Colleges/Universities in America (as rated by USA Today)

Rank School

Page

1 Harvard

5

2 Princeton

5

3 Yale

6

4 MIT

6

5 Stanford

7

6 Cal Tech

7

7 University of Penn

8

8 Columbia

8

9 Duke

9

10 U of Chicago

9

11 Dartmouth

10

12 Northwestern

10

13 Washington U in St Louis 11

14 Cornell

11

15 Johns Hopkins

12

16 Brown

12

17 Rice

13

Rank 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

School Emory Notre Dame Vanderbilt UC Berkeley Carnegie Mellon Georgetown U of Virginia UCLA U of Michigan U of Southern California Tufts Wake Forest UNC Chapel Hill Brandeis University College of William & Mary New York University Boston College

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Rank School 35 Georgia Tech 36 Lehigh University 37 U of Rochester 38 U of Wisconsin 39 U of Illinois 40 Case Western Reserve 41 Rensselaer Polytechnic 42 U of Washington 43 UC Davis 44 Penn State 45 U of Texas 46 U of Florida 47 Tulane University 48 U of Miami 49 George Washington U 50 Syracuse University 51 U of Maryland

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Rank 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

School Ohio State Pepperdine U of Georgia U of Pittsburgh Boston University Clemson University Fordham University U of Minnesota Rutgers University Texas A&M University Miami University Purdue University Southern Methodist U U of Connecticut U of Iowa Indiana University Michigan State University

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Rank School 69 U of Delaware 70 Virginia Tech 71 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 72 Baylor University 73 Marquette University 74 U of Colorado 75 Clark University 76 St. Louis University 77 American University 78 North Carolina State University 79 Auburn University 80 University of Tulsa 81 Drexel University 82 Iowa State University 83 University of Denver 84 University of Kansas 85 University of Nebraska

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Rank 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

School University of Vermont University of Alabama Northeastern University SUNY Stony Brook University of Arizona University of Louisville University of Missouri Brigham Young University University of Massachusetts Amherst Gonzaga University Florida State University University of South Carolina University of Oregon University of South Florida University of Kentucky

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School Classification :

Private/4 year

Tuition Rate :

$23K/Semester

#1

School Location : Cambridge, Massachusetts Established : 1636 Student Size : 21,000 Website : harvard.edu

Undergraduate Colleges

? Harvard Business School ? Harvard College ? Division of Continuing Education ? Harvard School of Dental Medicine

? Harvard Divinity School

? Faculty of Arts & Sciences

? Graduate School of Design

How to Apply:

Common Application or Universal Application w/$75 fee

? Harvard Graduate School of Education

? Graduate School of Arts & Sciences ? Harvard John A. Paulson School of

Engineering and Applied Sciences ? Harvard Kennedy School

? Harvard Law School

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 1st

? Harvard Medical School ? Radcliffe Institute for Advanced

Study ? Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public

What to send:

Health

? Application submission

? Official Transcripts

? Official Test Scores ? Essay Questions

What they're looking for:

? Teacher Evaluations (2)

? Mid Year School Report ? School Report

4.3 GPA

1450 SAT

33 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4year

Tuition Rate :

$23K/Semester

#2

School Location : Princeton, New Jersey Established : 1746 Student Size : 8,200 Website : princeton.edu

How to Apply:

Common Application or Universal Application w/$65 fee

Undergraduate Colleges

? Humanities ? Natural Sciences ? Social Sciences ? Engineering and Applied

Science

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 1st

What to send:

? Application ? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores ? Guidance Counselor Letter ? Two Teacher

Recommendations

What they're looking for:

4.2 GPA

1430 SAT

32 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4 year

Tuition Rate :

$26K/Semester

#3

School Location : New Haven, Connecticut Established : 1701 Student Size : 12,000 Website : yale.edu

Undergraduate Colleges

? Yale College ? Graduate School of Arts &

Sciences

? School of Architecture

? School of Art

? Divinity School

How to Apply:

Common Application, Coalition Application or Questbridge w/$80 fee

? School of Drama ? School of Engineering and

Applied Science ? School of Forestry &

Environmental Studies

When to Apply:

? Law School ? School of Management

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 2nd

? School of Medicine

? School of Music

What to send:

? Application submission with fee

? School of Nursing ? School of Public Health

paid

? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores

What they're looking for:

? Two Teacher Recommendations

? Counselor Recommendation ? School Report

4.2 GPA

1400 SAT

? Mid-Year Report

32 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4year

Tuition Rate :

$25K/Semester

#4

School Location : Cambridge, Massachusetts Established : 1861 Student Size : 11,300 Website : mit.edu

How to Apply:

Apply Online w/$75 fee

Undergraduate Colleges

? Architecture & Planning ? Engineering ? Humanities, Arts, Social

Sciences ? Management ? Science

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 1st

What to send:

? Application submission with fee paid

? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores ? Essay ? Two Teacher Recommendations ? Counselor Recommendation ? School Report ? Mid-Year Report ? Two Subject Tests

What they're looking for:

4.5 GPA

1500 SAT

34 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4 year

Tuition Rate :

$24K/Semester

#5

School Location : Stanford, California Established : 1891 Student Size : 16,000 Website : stanford.edu

How to Apply:

Common Application or Coalition Application w/$90 fee

Undergraduate Colleges

? Medicine ? Law ? Humanities & Sciences ? Engineering ? Education ? Earth ? Business

When to Apply:

Before Nov. 1st

What to send:

? Application ? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores ? Counselor Recommendation ? School Report ? Teacher Recommendations ? Essay

What they're looking for:

4.2 GPA

1400 SAT

33 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4year

Tuition Rate :

$24K/Semester

#6

School Location : Pasadena, California Established : 1891 Student Size : 2,300 Website : caltech.edu

How to Apply:

Common Application, Coalition Application or Questbridge w/$75 fee

Undergraduate Colleges

? Biology & Biological Engineering

? Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

? Engineering & Applied Science ? Geological & Planetary

Sciences ? Humanities & Social Sciences ? Physics, Mathematics &

Astronomy

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 5th

What to send:

? Application ? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores ? School Report ? Counselor Recommendation ? Teacher Evaluations (2) ? Mid-Year Report

What they're looking for:

4.3 GPA

1500 SAT

34 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4 year

Tuition Rate :

$23K/Semester

#7

School Location : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Established : 1740 Student Size : 25,000 Website : upenn.edu

Undergraduate Colleges

? Annenberg School for Communication

? Arts & Sciences

? Dental Medicine

? Design

? Engineering and Applied

How to Apply:

Common Application w/$75 fee

Science ? Graduate School of Education ? Law School ? Nursing

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 5th

? Perelman School of Medicine ? Social Policy & Practice ? Veterinary Medicine

? The Wharton School

What to send:

? Application

? Official Transcripts

? Official Test Scores

? School Report ? Counselor Recommendation

What they're looking for:

? Teacher Evaluations (2)

? Mid-Year Report

4.2 GPA

1400 SAT

32 ACT

School Classification :

Private/4year

Tuition Rate :

$21K/Semester

#8

School Location : New York City, New York Established : 1754 Student Size : 28,000 Website : columbia.edu

How to Apply:

Common Application or Columbia University Online Application w/$85 fee

When to Apply:

Either before Nov. 1st or Jan. 1st

Undergraduate Colleges

? Architecture, Planning & Preservation

? Arts ? Business ? Columbia College ? Engineering ? Arts & Sciences ? General Studies ? International & Public Affairs ? Jewish Theological Seminary ? Journalism ? Law ? Nursing ? Professional Studies ? Public Health ? Social Work ? Teachers College ? Union Theological Seminary

What to send:

? Application ? Official Transcripts ? Official Test Scores ? Essay ? 3 Letters of Recommendation

What they're looking for:

4.2 GPA

1380 SAT

32 ACT

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