Top Schools -- 2008 US.News Ranking

National Universities: Top Schools

1.	Princeton/> University/>/> (NJ)
2.	Harvard/> University/>/> (MA)
3.	Yale/> University/>/>(CT)
4.	Stanford/> University/>/>(CA)
5.	University/> of Pennsylvania/>/>
5.	California Institute of Technology
7.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8.	Duke/> University/>/>(NC)
9.	Columbia/> University/>/>(NY)
9.	University/> of Chicago/>/>
11.	Dartmouth/> College/>/>(NH)
12.	Washington/> University/> in St. Louis/>/>
12.	Cornell/> University/>/>(NY)
14.	Brown/> University/>/>(RI)
14.	Northwestern University(IL)
14.	Johns/> Hopkins/> University/>/>(MD)
17.	Rice/> University/>/>(TX)
17.	Emory/> University/>/>(GA)
19.	Vanderbilt/> University/>/>(TN)
19.	University/> of Notre/>/> Dame(IN)
21.	University/> of California/>—Berkeley/>/> *
22.	Carnegie/> Mellon/> University/>/>(PA)
23.	University/> of Virginia/>/> *
23.	Georgetown/> University/>/>(DC)
25.	University/> of California/>—Los Angeles/>/> *
25.	University/> of Michigan/>—Ann Arbor/>/> *
27.	University/> of Southern California/>/>
28.	University/> of North Carolina/>—Chapel Hill/> *
28.	Tufts/> University/>/>(MA)
30.	Wake/> Forest/> University/>/>(NC)
31.	Lehigh/> University/>/>(PA)
31.	Brandeis/> University/>/>(MA)
33.	College/> of William/>/> and Mary(VA) *
34.	New York/> University/>/>
35.	University/> of Rochester/>/>(NY)
35.	Georgia Institute of Technology *
35.	Boston/> College/>/>
38.	University/> of Wisconsin/>—Madison/>/> *
38.	University/> of California/>—San Diego/>/> *
38.	University/> of Illinois/>—Urbana/> - Champaign/>/> *
41.	Case Western Reserve University(OH)
42.	University of Washington *
42.	University of California—Davis *
44.	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NY)
44.	University of Texas—Austin *
44.	University of California—Santa Barbara *
44.	University of California—Irvine *
48.	Pennsylvania State University—University Park *
49.	University of Florida *
50.	Syracuse University(NY)
50.	Tulane University(LA)
52.	Yeshiva University(NY)
52.	University of Miami(FL)
54.	Pepperdine University(CA)
54.	George Washington University(DC)
54.	University of Maryland—College Park *
57.	Ohio State University—Columbus *
57.	Boston University
59.	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick(NJ) *
59.	University of Pittsburgh *
59.	University of Georgia *
62.	Texas A&M University—College Station *
62.	Worcester Polytechnic Institute(MA)
64.	University of Connecticut *
64.	Purdue University—West Lafayette(IN) *
64.	University of Iowa *
67.	Fordham University(NY)
67.	Miami University—Oxford(OH) *
67.	Clemson University(SC) *
67.	Southern Methodist University(TX)
71.	University of Minnesota—Twin Cities *
71.	Virginia Tech *
71.	University of Delaware *
71.	Michigan State University *
75.	Stevens Institute of Technology(NJ)
75.	Baylor University(TX)
75.	Colorado School of Mines 11 *
75.	Indiana University—Bloomington *
79.	Brigham Young University—Provo(UT)
79.	University of California—Santa Cruz *
79.	University of Colorado—Boulder *
82.	St. Louis University
82.	SUNY—Binghamton *
82.	Marquette University(WI)
85.	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry *
85.	North Carolina State University—Raleigh *
85.	University of Denver
85.	American University(DC)
85.	Iowa State University *
85.	University of Kansas *
91.	University of Alabama *
91.	University of Missouri—Columbia *
91.	University of Nebraska—Lincoln *
91.	University of Tulsa(OK)
91.	Clark University(MA)
96.	Auburn University(AL/>/>) *
96.	SUNY—Stony Brook *
96.	University of Tennessee *
96.	University of Vermont *
96.	University of Arizona *
96.	University of the Pacific(CA)
96.	University of California—Riverside *
96.	Howard University(DC)
96.	Illinois Institute of Technology
96.	Northeastern University(MA)
96.	University of Massachusetts—Amherst *
107.	University of San Diego
108.	University of New Hampshire *
108.	Texas Christian University
108.	Drexel University(PA)
108.	University of Oklahoma *
112.	University of South Carolina—Columbia *
112.	University of Oregon *
112.	Loyola University Chicago
112.	University of Dayton(OH)
112.	Florida State University *
112.	Ohio University *
118.	University of Missouri—Rolla *
118.	Samford University(AL/>/>) 11
118.	Washington State University *
118.	University at Buffalo—SUNY *
122.	University of Kentucky *
122.	Catholic University of America(DC)
124.	New Jersey Institute of Technology *
124.	Clarkson University(NY)
124.	Colorado/> State/> University/>/> *
124.	University/> of Arkansas/>/> *
124.	Michigan/>/> Technological University *
124.	Kansas/> State/> University/>/> *
124.	Arizona/> State/> University/>/> *

* Public school