Table 12 : U.S. News World Report Top 50 national Universities 1997

 

Overall Reputational
University Tier Rank Score Rank
Yale University (CT) 1 1 100 3
Princeton University (NJ) 1 2 99.8 1
Harvard University (MA) 1 3 99.6 3
Duke University (NC) 1 4 98.7 11
Mass. Inst. of Tech. 1 5 98.3 1
Stanford University (CA) 1 6 96.8 3
Dartmouth College (NH) 1 7 96.5 11
Brown University (RI) 1 8 96.2 11
California Inst. of Tech. 1 9 95.5 7
Northwestern University (IL) 1 9 95.5 11
Columbia University (NY) 1 11 95.4 11
University of Chicago 1 12 95.3 3
University of Pennsylvania 1 13 95.2 11
Cornell University (NY) 1 14 94.8 7
Johns Hopkins Univ. (MD) 1 15 94.6 7
Rice University (TX) 1 16 94.1 18
Univ. of Notre Dame (IN) 1 17 93 30
Washington University (MO) 1 17 93 24
Emory Univ. (GA) 1 19 92.9 30
Vanderbilt University (TN) 1 20 90.6 24
University of Virginia 1 21 89.2 18
Tufts University (MA) 1 22 89.1 41
Georgetown University (DC) 1 23 88.5 28
University of Michigan 1 24 87.7 11
University of North Carolina 1 25 87.2 21
Wake Forest University (NC) 1 25 87.2 65
University of Cal.- Berkeley 1 27 86.9 7
Carnegie Mellon Univ. (PA) 1 28 85.9 21
Brandeis University (MA) 1 29 85.1 41
University of Rochester 1 30 83.5 55
Univ. of Calif. - LA 1 31 83.2 21
Lehigh University (PA) 1 32 82.6 65
College of William and Mary 1 33 81.5 30
Univ. of Calif. - San Diego 1 34 80.5 41
New York University 1 35 80.4 41
Tulane University (LA) 1 36 79.6 55
Univ. of Calif. - Irvine 1 37 78.7 49
Boston College 1 38 78.4 55
Case Western Reserve U. 1 38 78.4 49
Univ. of Calif. - Davis 1 40 78 41
Univ. of Wisc. - Madison 1 41 75.9 18
Univ. of Washington 1 42 75.8 28
Univ. of Southern California 1 43 75.7 37
Syracuse University 1 44 73.8 55
Yeshiva Univ. (NY) 1 45 73 103
George Washington Univ. 1 46 71.7 65
Univ. of Calif. - Santa Barb. 1 46 71.7 65
Georgia Inst. of Tech. 1 48 71.6 30
Texas A&M - College Stat. 1 48 71.6 49
U. of Ill. - Urbana-Champaign 1 50 71.2 24