America's Best College 2007: National Universities Top Schools

1. Princeton University (NJ)   Overall score/ 100  
                                       Peer assessment score ( 5.0 = highest)/ 4.9
                                       SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile ('05)/ 1380-1560
                                       Acceptance rate ('05)/ 11%                               
                                       2005 actual graduation rate/ 97%                                   
                                       Avg. alumni giving rate/ 61%

2. Harvard University (MA)   Overall score/ 99   
                                      Peer assessment score ( 5.0 = highest)/ 4.9
                                      SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile ('05)/1400-1580
                                      Acceptance rate ('05)/ 9%                                
                                      2005 actual graduation rate/ 98%                                 
                                      Avg. alumni giving rate/ 44%

3. Yale University (CT)  
4. California Institute of Technology  
4. Stanford University (CA)  
4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology  
7. University of Pennsylvania  
8. Duke University (NC)  
9. Dartmouth College (NH)  
9. Columbia University (NY)  
9. University of Chicago  
12. Cornell University (NY)  
12. Washington University in St. Louis  
14. Northwestern University (IL)  
15. Brown University (RI)  
16. Johns Hopkins University (MD)  
17. Rice University (TX)  
18. Vanderbilt University (TN)  
18. Emory University (GA)  
20. University of Notre Dame (IN)  
21. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)  
21. University of California—Berkeley * 
23. Georgetown University (DC)  
24. University of Virginia * 
24. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor * 

26. Univ. of California—Los Angeles * 
27. U. of North Carolina—Chapel Hill * 
27. Univ. of Southern California  
27. Tufts University (MA)  
30. Wake Forest University (NC)  
31. College of William and Mary (VA) * 
31. Brandeis University (MA)  
33. Lehigh University (PA)  
34. Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison * 
34. Boston College  
34. New York University  
34. University of Rochester (NY)  
38. Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)  
38. Univ. of California—San Diego * 
38. Georgia Institute of Technology * 
41. U. of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign * 
42. University of Washington * 
42. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)  
44. University of California—Irvine * 
44. Tulane University (LA)   
44. Yeshiva University (NY)  
47. Pennsylvania State U.—University Park * 
47. University of Texas—Austin * 
47. University of California—Davis * 
47. Univ. of California—Santa Barbara * 
47. University of Florida * 

52. George Washington University (DC)  
52. Syracuse University (NY)  
54. Pepperdine University (CA)  
54. University of Miami (FL)  
54. Univ. of Maryland—College Park * 
57. Ohio State University—Columbus * 
57. University of Pittsburgh * 
57. Boston University  
60. Miami University—Oxford (OH) * 
60. Texas A&M Univ.—College Station * 
60. University of Georgia * 
60. Rutgers—New Brunswick (NJ) * 
64. Purdue Univ.—West Lafayette (IN) * 
64. University of Iowa * 
64. Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)  
67. University of Connecticut * 
67. University of Delaware * 
67. Univ. of Minnesota—Twin Cities * 
70. Clemson University (SC) * 
70. Southern Methodist University (TX)  
70. Brigham Young Univ.—Provo (UT)  
70. Indiana University—Bloomington * 
70. Michigan State University * 
70. Fordham University (NY)  

76. Univ. of California—Santa Cruz * 
77. Virginia Tech * 
77. University of Colorado—Boulder * 
77. St. Louis University  
77. Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)  
81. North Carolina State U.—Raleigh * 
81. Baylor University (TX)  
81. Marquette University (WI)  
81. Iowa State University * 
81. Clark University (MA)  
86. American University (DC)  
86. SUNY—Binghamton * 
88. University of Tulsa (OK)  
88. University of Tennessee * 
88. University of Vermont * 
88. University of Alabama * 
88. Auburn University (AL) * 
88. Univ. of California—Riverside * 
88. University of Denver  
88. Howard University (DC)  
88. University of Kansas * 
88. Univ. of Missouri—Columbia * 
98. University of Arizona * 
98. University of the Pacific (CA)  
98. Northeastern University (MA)  
98. Univ. of Massachusetts—Amherst * 
98. Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln * 
98. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry * 
98. SUNY—Stony Brook * 

105. University of New Hampshire * 
105. Texas Christian University  
105. University of Dayton (OH)  
105. University of San Diego  
105. Illinois Institute of Technology  
110. Ohio University * 
110. Florida State University * 
112. University of Missouri—Rolla * 
112. University of Kentucky * 
112. Loyola University Chicago  
112. Washington State University * 
112. University of San Francisco  
112. Univ. of South Carolina—Columbia * 
112. Drexel University (PA)  
112. University of Oklahoma * 
120. University of Utah * 
120. University of Oregon * 
120. Catholic University of America (DC)  
120. University at Buffalo—SUNY * 
124. Colorado State University * 
124. Kansas State University * 
124. New Jersey Inst. of Technology * 



* denotes a public school