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