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2021年 National University Rankings

Top 70 

Rank#UnviersityLocation
1Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ
2Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA
3Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
4Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
6University of ChicagoChicago, IL
6Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
8University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA
9California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA
9Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD
9Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL
12Duke UniversityDurham, NC
13Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH
14Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN
14Brown UniversityProvidence, RI
16Rice UniversityHouston, TX
16Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO
18Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY
19University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN
20University of California–Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA
21Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA
22University of California–BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
23Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC
24University of Michigan–Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI
24University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
26University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA
26Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
28University of North Carolina–Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
28Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC
30University of California–Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA
30University of FloridaGainesville, FL
30Tufts UniversityMedford, MA
30New York UniversityNew York, NY
34University of RochesterRochester, NY
35Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA
35University of California–IrvineIrvine, CA
35University of California–San DiegoLa Jolla, CA
35Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA
39University of California–DavisDavis, CA
39William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA
41Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA
42University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX
42University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI
42Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA
42Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH
42Boston UniversityBoston, MA
47University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
47University of Illinois–Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL
49Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA
49Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA
49University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL
49Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA
53Ohio State University–ColumbusColumbus, OH
53Purdue University–West LafayetteWest Lafayette, IN
53Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA
53Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY
53Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA
58Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL
58University of Maryland–College ParkCollege Park, MD
58University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA
58University of WashingtonSeattle, WA
58Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY
63Pennsylvania State University–University ParkUniversity Park, PA
63Rutgers University–New BrunswickPiscataway, NJ
63University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT
66Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX
66University of Massachusetts–AmherstAmherst, MA
66University of Minnesota–Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN
66Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA
66Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX
66Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA
66Fordham UniversityNew York, NY
66George Washington UniversityWashington, DC

70-200 

74Clemson UniversityClemson, SC
74Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA
76Indiana University–BloomingtonBloomington, IN
76Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY
76American UniversityWashington, DC
76Baylor UniversityWaco, TX
80Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI
80North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC
80Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ
80Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA
80University of DenverDenver, CO
80Howard UniversityWashington, DC
80Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX
80Brigham Young University–ProvoProvo, UT
88Binghamton University–SUNYBinghamton, NY
88Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO
88Stony Brook University–SUNYStony Brook, NY
88University at Buffalo–SUNYBuffalo, NY
88University of California–RiversideRiverside, CA
88University of IowaIowa City, IA
88University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA
88Elon UniversityElon, NC
88Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI
97Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL
97University of ArizonaTucson, AZ
97University of California–MercedMerced, CA
97University of California–Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
97University of DelawareNewark, DE
97University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT
103Arizona State University–TempeTempe, AZ
103Miami University–OxfordOxford, OH
103Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
103University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO
103University of OregonEugene, OR
103University of South FloridaTampa, FL
103Clark UniversityWorcester, MA
103University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
103Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO
112University of Illinois–ChicagoChicago, IL
112University of TennesseeKnoxville, TN
112University of La VerneLa Verne, CA
112Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE
112Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL
112Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY
118Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA
118New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ
118Rutgers University–NewarkNewark, NJ
118SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, NY
118University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC
118University of VermontBurlington, VT
124University of MissouriColumbia, MO
124Gallaudet UniversityWashington, DC
124Drake UniversityDes Moines, IA
124Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY
124Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL
124Seattle UniversitySeattle, WA
124Chapman UniversityOrange, CA
124DePaul UniversityChicago, IL
124University of KansasLawrence, KS
133The New SchoolNew York, NY
133University of KentuckyLexington, KY
133University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE
133University of OklahomaNorman, OK
133Simmons UniversityBoston, MA
133University of the PacificStockton, CA
133Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ
133University of St. Thomas (MN)St. Paul, MN
133University of DaytonDayton, OH
133Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
143George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA
143Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL
143San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA
143University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL
143University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH
143University of New HampshireDurham, NH
143University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX
143University of TulsaTulsa, OK
143The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC
143Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA
153Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO
153Louisiana State University–Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA
153Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR
153University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL
153Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI
153Rutgers University–CamdenCamden, NJ
153Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT
160University at Albany–SUNYAlbany, NY
160University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR
160University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL
160University of Maryland–Baltimore CountyBaltimore, MD
160University of MississippiUniversity, MS
160Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA
160Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, IN
160Mercer UniversityMacon, GA
160Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY
160Belmont UniversityNashville, TN
170Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS
170University of Hawaii–ManoaHonolulu, HI
170University of IdahoMoscow, ID
170University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI
170Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY
170St. John’s University (NY)Queens, NY
176CUNY–City CollegeNew York, NY
176Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, MO
176Ohio UniversityAthens, OH
176St. John Fisher CollegeRochester, NY
176Montclair State University

Source: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

U.S. News & World Report – National University Ranking 2020

U.S. News & World Report just released its 2020 Best Colleges rankings, covering approximately 1400 colleges and universities. For the ninth straight year, Princeton tops the National University list, followed, not unexpectedly, by Harvard in second. Columbia, MIT, and Yale tied for third. Williams College tops the list of National Liberal Arts Colleges, and UCLA is No. 1 among Top Public Schools. All the schools ranked in the top 20 National Universities list in 2020 were in the top 20 in 2019. This rankings inertia stems from both institutional continuity and a largely repetitive methodology.

Source: https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/articles/2019-09-09/what-changed-in-how-the-2020-us-news-best-colleges-rankings-were-calculated

we have merged the 2020 QS global ranking with the US News National University ranking to give our readers the ranking of the two most accepted university ranking.

US News 2020QS Global 2020SchoolLocation
1013Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ
2003Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA
3018Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
3001Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, MA
3017Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
6002Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
6010University of ChicagoChicago, IL
6015University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA
9031Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL
10025Duke UniversityDurham, NC
10024Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD
12005California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena, CA
12207Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH
14057Brown UniversityProvidence, RI
15210University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN
15200Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN
17014Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY
17085Rice UniversityHouston, TX
19108Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO
20035University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, CA
21156Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA
22028University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Berkeley, CA
22129University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
24226Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC
25048Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
25021University of Michigan – Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI
27398Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC
28198University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA
29072Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA
29039New York University (NYU)New York, NY
29253Tufts UniversityMedford, MA
29090University of North Carolina – Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
29170University of RochesterRochester, NY
34135University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, CA
34167University of FloridaGainesville, FL
36219University of California – Irvine (UCI)Irvine, CA
37432Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA
37045University of California – San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, CA
2939New York University (NYU)United States
39104University of California – Davis (UCD)Davis, CA
40098Boston UniversityBoston, MA
40468Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA
40167Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH
40601-650College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VA
40344Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA
40419Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA
46056University of Wisconsin – MadisonMadison, WI
46162Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA
48075University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)Champaign, IL
48065University of Texas – AustinAustin, TX
50551-560Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA
50n/aPepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA
50383Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY
50474University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
54101Ohio State University – ColumbusColumbus, OH
54192Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA
54581-590Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY
1457Brown UniversityUnited States
57448Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL
57093Pennsylvania State University – University ParkUniversity Park, PA
57111Purdue University – West LafayetteWest Lafayette, IN
57271University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL
57140University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA
62262Rutgers University – New BrunswickPiscataway, NJ
62068University of WashingtonSeattle, WA
64104Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA
64701-750Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX
64377University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT
64136University of Maryland – College ParkCollege Park, MD
64305University of Massachusetts – AmherstAmherst, MA
64601-650Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA
70701-750Clemson UniversityClemson, SC
70336George Washington UniversityWashington, DC
70189Texas A&M University – College StationCollege Station, TX
70156University of Minnesota – Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN
74801-1000Fordham UniversityNew York, NY
74651-700Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ
7427Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA
77601-650American UniversityWashington, DC
77751-800Brigham Young University – ProvoProvo, UT
79801-1000Baylor UniversityWaco, TX
79801-1000Binghamton University – SUNYBinghamton, NY
79218Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA
79312Indiana University – BloomingtonBloomington, IN
79340University at Buffalo – SUNYBuffalo, NY
84166Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO
8421Elon UniversityElon, NC
84801-1000Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI
84144Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI
84285North Carolina State University – RaleighRaleigh, NC
84367University of California – Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
84421University of IowaIowa City, IA

The 2020 list

U.S. News & World Report implemented new ranking criteria that heavily weigh social mobility and graduation outcomes. The rankings compare bachelor’s degree-granting institutions from across the U.S. on 15 diverse measures of academic quality. They can help you craft a shortlist of places in which to dig deeper.

The publication evaluates schools based on the following – Student outcomes (including the new Social mobility factor), Student excellence, Faculty resources, Expert opinion, Financial resources, Alumni giving.

California

UC Berkeley had returned to a top-25 position on the national list (No. 22), after UCLA. (No. 20). Stanford tied with the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania at No. 6 position.

Note 1. UC Berkeley is back in the good graces of the collegiate kingmakers behind the U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of the nation’s top universities. The news comes not long after the publication discovered the school (along with the University of Oklahoma) had been misreporting alumni donation data since at least 2014.

Back in July, U.S. News removed Cal from the rankings after a person affiliated with the school disclosed the incorrect reporting, Forbes reported.

(Public colleges and universities typically operate under the supervision of state governments and are funded, in part, by tax dollars and subsidies from the state. As a result, these universities often offer discounted tuition to residents of their states. Public schools run the range from small liberal arts colleges to large research institutions. )

New England

Princeton and Harvard clocked in at first and second place, respectively, for best National Universities, with a three-way tie for third: Columbia, MIT, and Yale.

Boston University (BU) advanced two spots, to number 40, BU shares that spot with five peer institutions, two of them – Brandeis and Northeastern – also in Massachusetts. The other three are Case Western Reserve University, the College of William & Mary, and Tulane University.

BU moved up one notch in the magazine’s ranking of Most Innovative Schools, tying at number 27 with the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, and UCLA. These are institutions that in the opinion of presidents, provosts, and admissions deans surveyed by U.S. News are making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology, or facilities.

Pennsylvania

Some of the Pennsylvania schools that made the national university rankings: University of Pennsylvania #6, Carnegie Mellon University #25, Villanova University #46, Lehigh University #50, Pennsylvania State University – University Park #57, University of Pittsburgh #57, Drexel University #97, Temple University #104, Duquesne University #132.

New York

A total of 121 New York colleges were featured on the national list with the highest-ranking college – Columbia University — coming in at No. 3 and the lowest-ranking New York school/schools earning rankings of between 164 and 381.

Among the New York schools that were featured on the social mobility rankings were Stony Brook University — SUNY, Pace University, Vassar College, United States Military Academy, Purchase College — SUNY, Monroe College, Nyack College, Iona College, Adelphi University and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Washington

The University of Washington again is the highest-ranked national university on U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 best colleges list. A total of five colleges were featured on the national list with UW coming in at No. 66 nationwide, and Whitman College in Walla Walla was ranked the 46th best liberal arts college in the nation. Washington schools that made the national university rankings – University of Washington (62), Gonzaga University (79), Seattle University (139), Washington State University (166), Seattle Pacific University (192).

Texas

Rice University is once again the top Texas school in U.S. News & World Report’s newest rankings , Rice was tied at No. 17 on the 2020 list of best national universities, along with Cornell University in New York. The University of Texas at Austin was the second Texas school on the 2020 list, once again, and moved up one spot from last year. Southern Methodist University in North Texas fell five spots from last year. The University of Houston also fell 14 spots.

Looking just at public schools, UT was No. 14 nationwide, Texas A&M University was No. 27, and UH came in at No. 92. They all fell from their spots last year.

Illinois

The University of Chicago (#6) maintained its position as one of top institutions in the nation, once again earning a ranking in the top 10 of U.S. News and World Report’s “best colleges” list for 2020. The Hyde Park university tied with Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania for sixth place in the organization’s national rankings.

What has brought many of the world’s most promising students and distinguished faculty to the University of Chicag the most powerful environment for original research and new schools of thought.  The demonstrated success of the College over the last decade shows that more talented students than ever share these values and aspire to join, benefit from, and contribute to the University of Chicago’s distinctive intellectual community.

Northwestern University (#9) are delighted with their steady ascent in the U.S. News survey, it is an external endorsement of their extraordinarily talented community of faculty, staff and students does every day to make Northwestern one of the leading research universities in the world.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was the next highest-ranked Illinois school, finishing in 48th place. Loyola University (104th), the Illinois Institute of Technology (117th), DePaul University (125th) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (132nd) also finished among the rankings’ top 150.

Top Public Schools

California dominated the list. UCLA maintains its top spot with the University of California, Berkeley in second. It was the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that rounded out the top three.

The full US News rankings 

Rank#SchoolLocationEnrolment
1Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ5,428
2Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA6,788
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA4,602
3Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT5,964
3Columbia UniversityNew York, NY6,202
6University of ChicagoChicago, IL6,552
6Stanford UniversityStanford, CA7,087
6University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA10,183
9Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL8,231
10Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD6,064
10Duke UniversityDurham, NC6,682
12California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA948
12Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH4,417
14Brown UniversityProvidence, RI7,043
15Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN6,861
15University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN8,617
17Rice UniversityHouston, TX3,992
17Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY15,182
19Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO7,751
20University of California–Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA31,577
21Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA7,086
22University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA19,907
22University of California–BerkeleyBerkeley, CA30,853
24Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC7,459
25Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA6,947
25University of Michigan–Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI30,318
27Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC5,225
28University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA16,777
29Tufts UniversityMedford, MA5,643
29University of RochesterRochester, NY6,535
29Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA16,049
29University of North Carolina–Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC19,117
29New York UniversityNew York, NY26,733
34University of California–Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA23,070
34University of FloridaGainesville, FL35,491
36University of California–IrvineIrvine, CA29,736
37Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA9,377
37University of California–San DiegoLa Jolla, CA30,285
39University of California–DavisDavis, CA30,872
40Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA3,639
40Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH5,262
40College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VA6,377
40Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA6,773
40Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA13,909
40Boston UniversityBoston, MA18,515
46Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA6,917
46University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WI32,648
48University of Illinois–Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL33,915
48University of Texas–AustinAustin, TX40,804
50Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA3,627
50Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA5,047
50Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY6,628
50University of GeorgiaAthens, GA29,611
54Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA5,520
54Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY15,226
54Ohio State University–ColumbusColumbus, OH46,820
57University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL11,117
57University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA19,330
57Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL32,472
57Purdue University–West LafayetteWest Lafayette, IN32,672
57Pennsylvania State University–University ParkUniversity Park, PA40,363
62University of WashingtonSeattle, WA32,099
62Rutgers University–New BrunswickPiscataway, NJ36,039
64Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA4,668
64Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX6,479
64Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA6,700
64University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT19,133
64University of Massachusetts–AmherstAmherst, MA23,515
64University of Maryland–College ParkCollege Park, MD30,762
70George Washington UniversityWashington, DC12,546
70Clemson UniversityClemson, SC19,669
70University of Minnesota–Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN34,633
70Texas A&M University–College StationCollege Station, TX53,743
74Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ3,230
74Fordham UniversityNew York, NY9,645
74Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA27,811
77American UniversityWashington, DC8,287
77Brigham Young University–ProvoProvo, UT31,441
79Binghamton University–SUNYBinghamton, NY14,021
79Baylor UniversityWaco, TX14,188
79University at Buffalo–SUNYBuffalo, NY21,607
79Indiana University–BloomingtonBloomington, IN33,301
79Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA 
84Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO4,954
84Elon UniversityElon, NC6,196
84Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI8,435
84University of California–Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA17,792
84University of IowaIowa City, IA23,989
84North Carolina State University–RaleighRaleigh, NC25,199
84Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI39,423
91Clark UniversityWorcester, MA2,304
91University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA5,855
91Miami University–OxfordOxford, OH17,326
91Stony Brook University–SUNYStony Brook, NY17,522
91University of DelawareNewark, DE19,117
91University of California–RiversideRiverside, CA20,581
97Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY2,682
97University of DenverDenver, CO5,801
97University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA6,704
97Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO7,167
97New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ8,532
97Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX9,445
97Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA13,490
104Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE4,446
104Howard UniversityWashington, DC6,243
104University of California–MercedMerced, CA7,881
104Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL11,919
104Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY13,513
104University of OregonEugene, OR19,101
104University of TennesseeKnoxville, TN22,815
104Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL24,628
104University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT24,743
104University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC26,733
104Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA29,484
104University of Colorado–BoulderBoulder, CO30,152
104University of South FloridaTampa, FL32,238
117Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL3,026
117Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY3,091
117University of ArizonaTucson, AZ35,233
117Arizona State University–TempeTempe, AZ42,844
121SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, NY1,779
121University of TulsaTulsa, OK3,296
121University of VermontBurlington, VT11,328
121Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA29,621
125University of the PacificStockton, CA3,701
125Chapman UniversityOrange, CA7,281
125University of New HampshireDurham, NH12,782
125DePaul UniversityChicago, IL14,507
125Simmons UniversityBoston, MA 
130Drake UniversityDes Moines, IA3,015
130University of KansasLawrence, KS
132University of La VerneLa Verne, CA2,798
132Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA6,013
132University of DaytonDayton, OH8,617
132Rutgers University–NewarkNewark, NJ9,142
132University of Illinois–ChicagoChicago, IL20,783
132University of KentuckyLexington, KY22,136
132University of OklahomaNorman, OK22,152
139Seattle UniversitySeattle, WA4,764
139Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ6,136
139University of MissouriColumbia, MO22,503
139Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR25,699
139University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH26,932
139The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC 
139University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE
139University of St. ThomasSt. Paul, MN 
147University at Albany–SUNYAlbany, NY13,598
147University of Texas–DallasRichardson, TX19,872
147San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA30,393
147Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI
147Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL 
147University of St. JosephWest Hartford, CT 
153Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, IN3,218
153Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA3,604
153Mercer UniversityMacon, GA4,797
153University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR23,386
153Louisiana State University–Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA25,361
153George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA26,192
153University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL33,028
153Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT 
153The New SchoolNew York, NY 
162Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY6,701
162Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS17,869
162University of MississippiUniversity, MS18,007
162Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA24,058
166Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY5,391
166Belmont UniversityNashville, TN6,656
166University of Maryland–Baltimore CountyBaltimore, MD11,260
166University of Alabama–BirminghamBirmingham, AL13,836
166University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI13,865
166Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ16,120
166Washington State UniversityPullman, WA26,098
166Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO26,400
166University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL58,913
166Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ
166Rutgers University–CamdenCamden, NJ
166St. John Fisher CollegeRochester, NY 
166University of Hawaii–ManoaHonolulu, HI
179Gallaudet UniversityWashington, DC1,138
179University of Detroit MercyDetroit, MI2,880
179Missouri University of Science & Technology–RollaRolla, MO6,848
179University of IdahoMoscow, ID9,568
179St. John’s UniversityQueens, NY16,884
179University of Massachusetts–LowellLowell, MA
185Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA4,010
185University of North Carolina–WilmingtonWilmington, NC14,452
185Ohio UniversityAthens, OH22,275
185University of HoustonHouston, TX38,348
185Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA 
185Pacific UniversityForest Grove, OR 
185Union UniversityJackson, TN 
192Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, WA2,876
192University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY15,642
192Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OK20,574
192Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 
192Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA 
197Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, KY2,552
197Bethel UniversitySt. Paul, MN2,857
197Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL18,107
197Towson UniversityTowson, MD19,818
197Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, LA 
202University of St. FrancisJoliet, IL1,629
202Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, FL3,680
202Pace UniversityNew York, NY8,960
202University of MaineOrono, ME9,365
202Edgewood CollegeMadison, WI 
202Maryville University of St. LouisSt Louis, MO 
202Regis UniversityDenver, CO 
202Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA 
202Widener UniversityChester, PA 
211Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA2,455
211University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT5,000
211Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS18,490
211California State University–FresnoFresno, CA22,071
211Kent State UniversityKent, OH22,557
211Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA27,190
211Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA 
218Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN2,938
218Hampton UniversityHampton, VA3,672
218Florida International UniversityMiami, FL48,439
218Clarke UniversityDubuque, IA 
218Gannon UniversityErie, PA 
218Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT 

Methodology (adopted for 2020)

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings

U.S. News made some changes for its 35th edition of the rankings. The publication updated its methodology to give the nearly 1,400 schools it evaluated more credit based on how they supported first-generation college students through graduation.

This year, the publication also created a new ranking category, Top Performers on Social Mobility, evaluating schools that best serve underrepresented students by looking at enrollment and graduation rates of low-income students

The publication evaluates schools based on the following.

Student outcomes (including the new Social mobility factor), Student excellence, Faculty resources, Expert opinion, Financial resources, Alumni giving.

The Ranking Factors

High school counselor opinion was discontinued as part of expert opinion. Otherwise, there were no changes in weights assigned to each factor for the 2020 edition. There are, however, small differences in how some of the factors were calculated, described below. For a more detailed look at how the rankings are computed on a factor-by-factor level, please see Ranking Criteria and Weights and Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings.

Factors and weights used in the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings.

Outcomes (35%)

More than one-third of a school’s rank comes from its success at retaining and graduating students within 150% of normal time (six years). It receives the highest weight in our rankings because degree completion is necessary to receive the full benefits of undergraduate study from employers and graduate schools. We approach outcomes from angles of graduation and retention (22%), graduation rate performance (8%) and social mobility (5%).

Graduation and retention rates: This has two components.

A four-year rolling average of the proportion of each entering class (fall 2009-fall 2012) earning a degree in six years or less (17.6%).

A four-year rolling average of the proportion of first-year entering students (fall 2014-fall 2017) who returned the following fall (4.4%).

Graduation rate performance: We compared each college’s actual six-year graduation rate with what we predicted for its fall 2012 entering class. The predicted rates were modeled from admissions data, proportion of undergraduates awarded Pell Grants, school financial resources, proportion of federal financial aid recipients who are first generation, and National Universities’ math and science, or STEM, orientations.

The first-generation students variable was new for the 2020 rankings and in effect gives schools more credit for their graduation rates when accomplished with higher proportions of students who were the first in their immediate families to attend college. The data was sourced from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard. Its inclusion improved the model’s predictive power.

Social mobility: Measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants (those typically coming from households whose family incomes are less than $50,000 annually, though most Pell Grant money goes to students with a total family income below $20,000). New for the 2020 edition, data sourced from the federal government was used for nonresponders. Also, the below factors (weighted 2.5% each) were computed using two-year averages of fall 2011 and fall 2012 entering cohorts.

Pell Grant graduation rates are the six-year graduation rates of Pell Grant students adjusted to give much more credit to schools with larger Pell student proportions.

Pell Grant graduation rate performance is the factor that compares each school’s six-year graduation rate among Pell recipients with its six-year graduation rate among non-Pell recipients by dividing the former into the latter, then adjusting to give much more credit to schools with larger Pell student proportions. The higher a school’s Pell graduation rate relative to its non-Pell graduation rate up to the rates being equal, the better it scores.

U.S. News published a distinct social mobility ranking for all schools. The social mobility ranking is computed from the two ranking factors assessing graduation rates of Pell-awarded students (5% of the rankings total).

Additionally, for benchmarking purposes each schools’ ranking factors sections on its directory page includes both its social mobility rank and a distinct outcomes rank. Although the ranks themselves are not used to determine schools’ overall rankings, they are displayed to enable prospective students, parents and institutions to make comparisons on related ranking factors. The outcomes rank also includes the two social mobility ranking factors but also average graduation rates, first-year retention rates and graduation rate performance that in total comprise 35% of a school’s overall score.

We also changed how the graduation and retention rate benchmark ranking was calculated. It is once again computed from a school’s total score in these two ranking indicators: average six-year graduation rate and average first-year retention rate. In the 2019 edition only, it was based on a school’s score in these four ranking factors: average six-year graduation rate, average first-year retention rate, Pell Grant graduation rate and Pell Grant graduation rate performance.

Faculty Resources (20%)

Research shows the greater access students have to quality instructors, the more engaged they will be in class and the more they will learn and likely graduate. U.S. News uses five factors from the 2018-2019 academic year to assess a school’s commitment to instruction: class size, faculty salary, faculty with the highest degree in their fields, student-faculty ratio and proportion of faculty who are full time.

Class size is the most highly weighted faculty resource measure, at 8%. Schools score better the greater their proportions of smaller classes for fall 2018.

Faculty salary is weighted at 7% and is the average faculty pay plus benefits during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years, adjusted for regional differences in the cost of living. Nonresponders to the faculty salary question for the first time had modified federal government faculty salary data used as the basis for their estimates. Also new for the 2020 rankings, the faculty salary figures were adjusted using open source data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities 2017 dataset published in May 2019. These regional price indexes allow comparisons from one metro area to another and measure the differences in price levels across states and metropolitan areas for a given year. They are expressed as a percentage of the overall national price level. The regional price indexes cover all consumption goods and services, including housing rents.

U.S. News also factors the proportion of full-time faculty with the highest degree in their fields (3%), student-faculty ratio (1%) and the proportion of faculty who are full time (1%).

Expert Opinion (20%)

Academic reputation matters because it factors things that cannot easily be captured elsewhere. For example, an institution known for having innovative approaches to teaching may perform especially well on this indicator, whereas a school struggling to keep its accreditation will likely perform poorly.

We take a two-year weighted average of ratings from top academics – presidents, provosts and deans of admissions – who rate the academic quality of peer institutions with which they are familiar on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished).

U.S. News collected the data by administering peer assessment surveys in spring 2018 and 2019 directly to schools. Of the 4,815 academics who were sent questionnaires, 43% responded. This response rate is well up from 36% the previous year.

The high school counselor opinion survey was not administered and its ranking factor was dropped from the National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges rankings formulas altogether because U.S. News had greater confidence in its peer assessment data. High school counselor ratings had never been included as a ranking factor in the Regional Universities and Regional Colleges methodology. The high school counselor assessment’s 5 percentage point weight in the ranking was added to the peer assessment weight for the National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges rankings formulas, increasing the weight of that indicator in those two categories from 15% to 20% – equal to what is done for Regional Universities and Regional Colleges.

Financial Resources (10%)

Generous per-student spending indicates that a college can offer a wide variety of programs and services. U.S. News measures financial resources by using the average spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures in the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. Spending on sports, dorms and hospitals does not count.

A small adjustment for the 2020 rankings: For improved cohort alignment, we adjusted the denominator cohorts a year back so that fiscal year 2018 spending was compared with 2017 enrollment and fiscal year 2017 spending was compared with 2016 enrollment.

For non-responders, data sourced from the federal government was used – a change from the previous rankings edition.

Student Excellence (10%)

A school’s academic atmosphere is influenced by the selectivity of its admissions. Simply put, students who achieved strong grades and test scores during high school have the highest probability of succeeding at challenging college-level coursework; enabling instructors to design classes that have great rigor.

Standardized tests: U.S. News factors admissions test scores for all enrollees who took the mathematics and evidence-based reading and writing portions of the SAT and the composite ACT. We weighted standardized tests at 7.75%.

Schools sometimes fail to report SAT and ACT scores for students in these categories: athletes, international students, minority students, legacies, those admitted by special arrangement and those who started in summer 2018. For any school that did not report all scores or that declined to say whether all scores were reported, U.S. News reduced its combined SAT/ACT percentile distribution value used in the ranking model by 15%. If the combined percentage of the fall 2018 entering class submitting test scores is less than 75% of all new entrants, its combined SAT/ACT percentile distribution value used in the rankings was discounted by 15%.

High school class standing: U.S. News incorporates the proportion of enrolled first-year students at National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges who graduated in the top 10% of their high school classes. It contributes 2.25% toward schools’ overall scores.

For Regional Universities and Regional Colleges, we used the proportion of those who graduated in the top quarter of their high school classes. New for this ranking is that high school class standing data from high schools that reported on fewer than 10% of their fall 2018 new entrants received an estimate instead of having their scores discounted. Also new is that colleges that reported high school class standing data on less than 20% of new entrants have their fall 2018 data footnoted. This is a decrease from 50% of new entrants in previous editions.

Alumni Giving (5%)

This is the average percentage of living alumni with bachelor’s degrees who gave to their school during 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. Giving measures student satisfaction and post-graduate engagement. This year, U.S. News only incorporated data it collected from its own data collection.

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2019 U.S. News & World Report – Summary

Routinely, Stanford, Harvard, Yale and Princeton are among the top American universities, though their order often changes depending on the year and the specific methodology used. Also mainstays in the top grouping are usually Columbia, MIT and University of Chicago.

California is home to numerous high-quality colleges and universities. For the second year in a row, colleges located in California snagged more than 10 percent of the top 100 spots. Also a repeat: Stanford came in number one in the Golden State and seven of the state’s top 12 schools were part of the UC system.

 

 

 

 

 

Bruins and Trojans have something new to argue about: The magazine ranks the USC as the No. 23 national university and the UCLA at 24, tied with the University of Virginia.

UC Irvine is ranked 39th, UC San Diego is ranked 44th, Pepperdine University is tied at 50 with Penn State, UC Riverside is No. 118, San Diego State is No. 146, the University of La Verne is ranked 152, Azusa Pacific University is No. 183 and Cal State Fullerton is ranked 202.

The Philadelphia area’s abundance of higher-education institutions providing a strong showing. University of Pennsylvania rose one spot to tie with Duke University for 8th in the National University category.

Ranked 53rd, the University of Texas at Austin is a premier educational institution. More than 51,000 students and 3,000 faculty call this school home. Its undergraduate engineering and business programs are equally lauded, ranking 8th and 10th respectively. The flagship school of the sprawling University of Texas System offers undergraduate degrees in over 170 fields of interest. The honors programs is offered in business, engineering, liberal arts and natural sciences studies.

Source of Information資料來源:

US News & World Report – http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities