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2021年 National University Rankings

Top 70 

Rank#	Unviersity	Location
1	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ
2	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA
3	Columbia University	New York, NY
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA
4	Yale University	New Haven, CT
6	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL
6	Stanford University	Stanford, CA
8	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA
9	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA
9	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD
9	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL
12	Duke University	Durham, NC
13	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH
14	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN
14	Brown University	Providence, RI
16	Rice University	Houston, TX
16	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
18	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY
19	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN
20	University of California–Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
21	Emory University	Atlanta, GA
22	University of California–Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
23	Georgetown University	Washington, DC
24	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI
24	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA
26	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA
26	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA
28	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
28	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC
30	University of California–Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA
30	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL
30	Tufts University	Medford, MA
30	New York University	New York, NY
34	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY
35	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA
35	University of California–Irvine	Irvine, CA
35	University of California–San Diego	La Jolla, CA
35	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA
39	University of California–Davis	Davis, CA
39	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA
41	Tulane University	New Orleans, LA
42	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX
42	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, WI
42	Brandeis University	Waltham, MA
42	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH
42	Boston University	Boston, MA
47	University of Georgia	Athens, GA
47	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL
49	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA
49	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA
49	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL
49	Northeastern University	Boston, MA
53	Ohio State University–Columbus	Columbus, OH
53	Purdue University–West Lafayette	West Lafayette, IN
53	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA
53	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
53	Villanova University	Villanova, PA
58	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL
58	University of Maryland–College Park	College Park, MD
58	University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh, PA
58	University of Washington	Seattle, WA
58	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY
63	Pennsylvania State University–University Park	University Park, PA
63	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	Piscataway, NJ
63	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT
66	Texas A&M University	College Station, TX
66	University of Massachusetts–Amherst	Amherst, MA
66	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN
66	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA
66	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX
66	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, CA
66	Fordham University	New York, NY
66	George Washington University	Washington, DC

70-200 

74	Clemson University	Clemson, SC
74	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA
76	Indiana University–Bloomington	Bloomington, IN
76	Yeshiva University	New York, NY
76	American University	Washington, DC
76	Baylor University	Waco, TX
80	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI
80	North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC
80	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ
80	Gonzaga University	Spokane, WA
80	University of Denver	Denver, CO
80	Howard University	Washington, DC
80	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, TX
80	Brigham Young University–Provo	Provo, UT
88	Binghamton University–SUNY	Binghamton, NY
88	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO
88	Stony Brook University–SUNY	Stony Brook, NY
88	University at Buffalo–SUNY	Buffalo, NY
88	University of California–Riverside	Riverside, CA
88	University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA
88	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA
88	Elon University	Elon, NC
88	Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI
97	Auburn University	Auburn, AL
97	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ
97	University of California–Merced	Merced, CA
97	University of California–Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA
97	University of Delaware	Newark, DE
97	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT
103	Arizona State University–Tempe	Tempe, AZ
103	Miami University–Oxford	Oxford, OH
103	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA
103	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, CO
103	University of Oregon	Eugene, OR
103	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL
103	Clark University	Worcester, MA
103	University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
103	Saint Louis University	St. Louis, MO
112	University of Illinois–Chicago	Chicago, IL
112	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN
112	University of La Verne	La Verne, CA
112	Creighton University	Omaha, NE
112	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL
112	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY
118	Iowa State University	Ames, IA
118	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ
118	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark, NJ
118	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse, NY
118	University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC
118	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT
124	University of Missouri	Columbia, MO
124	Gallaudet University	Washington, DC
124	Drake University	Des Moines, IA
124	Clarkson University	Potsdam, NY
124	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL
124	Seattle University	Seattle, WA
124	Chapman University	Orange, CA
124	DePaul University	Chicago, IL
124	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS
133	The New School	New York, NY
133	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY
133	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, NE
133	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK
133	Simmons University	Boston, MA
133	University of the Pacific	Stockton, CA
133	Seton Hall University	South Orange, NJ
133	University of St. Thomas (MN)	St. Paul, MN
133	University of Dayton	Dayton, OH
133	Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA
143	George Mason University	Fairfax, VA
143	Samford University	Birmingham, AL
143	San Diego State University	San Diego, CA
143	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL
143	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
143	University of New Hampshire	Durham, NH
143	University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, TX
143	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK
143	The Catholic University of America	Washington, DC
143	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, PA
153	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO
153	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA
153	Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
153	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, AL
153	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, MI
153	Rutgers University–Camden	Camden, NJ
153	Quinnipiac University	Hamden, CT
160	University at Albany–SUNY	Albany, NY
160	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, AR
160	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL
160	University of Maryland–Baltimore County	Baltimore, MD
160	University of Mississippi	University, MS
160	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, VA
160	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, IN
160	Mercer University	Macon, GA
160	Hofstra University	Hempstead, NY
160	Belmont University	Nashville, TN
170	Kansas State University	Manhattan, KS
170	University of Hawaii–Manoa	Honolulu, HI
170	University of Idaho	Moscow, ID
170	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, RI
170	Adelphi University	Garden City, NY
170	St. John’s University (NY)	Queens, NY
176	CUNY–City College	New York, NY
176	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla, MO
176	Ohio University	Athens, OH
176	St. John Fisher College	Rochester, NY
176	Montclair 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 2020	QS Global 2020	School	Location
1	013	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ
2	003	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA
3	018	Columbia University	New York, NY
3	001	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, MA
3	017	Yale University	New Haven, CT
6	002	Stanford University	Stanford, CA
6	010	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL
6	015	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA
9	031	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL
10	025	Duke University	Durham, NC
10	024	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD
12	005	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	Pasadena, CA
12	207	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH
14	057	Brown University	Providence, RI
15	210	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN
15	200	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN
17	014	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY
17	085	Rice University	Houston, TX
19	108	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
20	035	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, CA
21	156	Emory University	Atlanta, GA
22	028	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	Berkeley, CA
22	129	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA
24	226	Georgetown University	Washington, DC
25	048	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA
25	021	University of Michigan – Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI
27	398	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC
28	198	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA
29	072	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA
29	039	New York University (NYU)	New York, NY
29	253	Tufts University	Medford, MA
29	090	University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
29	170	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY
34	135	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	Santa Barbara, CA
34	167	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL
36	219	University of California – Irvine (UCI)	Irvine, CA
37	432	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA
37	045	University of California – San Diego (UCSD)	La Jolla, CA
29	39	New York University (NYU)	United States
39	104	University of California – Davis (UCD)	Davis, CA
40	098	Boston University	Boston, MA
40	468	Brandeis University	Waltham, MA
40	167	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH
40	601-650	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, VA
40	344	Northeastern University	Boston, MA
40	419	Tulane University	New Orleans, LA
46	056	University of Wisconsin – Madison	Madison, WI
46	162	Villanova University	Villanova, PA
48	075	University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	Champaign, IL
48	065	University of Texas – Austin	Austin, TX
50	551-560	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA
50	n/a	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA
50	383	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
50	474	University of Georgia	Athens, GA
54	101	Ohio State University – Columbus	Columbus, OH
54	192	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA
54	581-590	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY
14	57	Brown University	United States
57	448	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL
57	093	Pennsylvania State University – University Park	University Park, PA
57	111	Purdue University – West Lafayette	West Lafayette, IN
57	271	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL
57	140	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA
62	262	Rutgers University – New Brunswick	Piscataway, NJ
62	068	University of Washington	Seattle, WA
64	104	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, CA
64	701-750	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX
64	377	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT
64	136	University of Maryland – College Park	College Park, MD
64	305	University of Massachusetts – Amherst	Amherst, MA
64	601-650	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA
70	701-750	Clemson University	Clemson, SC
70	336	George Washington University	Washington, DC
70	189	Texas A&M University – College Station	College Station, TX
70	156	University of Minnesota – Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN
74	801-1000	Fordham University	New York, NY
74	651-700	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ
74	27	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA
77	601-650	American University	Washington, DC
77	751-800	Brigham Young University – Provo	Provo, UT
79	801-1000	Baylor University	Waco, TX
79	801-1000	Binghamton University – SUNY	Binghamton, NY
79	218	Gonzaga University	Spokane, WA
79	312	Indiana University – Bloomington	Bloomington, IN
79	340	University at Buffalo – SUNY	Buffalo, NY
84	166	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO
84	21	Elon University	Elon, NC
84	801-1000	Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI
84	144	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI
84	285	North Carolina State University – Raleigh	Raleigh, NC
84	367	University of California – Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA
84	421	University of Iowa	Iowa 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#	School	Location	Enrolment
1	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	5,428
2	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	6,788
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	4,602
3	Yale University	New Haven, CT	5,964
3	Columbia University	New York, NY	6,202
6	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	6,552
6	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	7,087
6	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	10,183
9	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	8,231
10	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	6,064
10	Duke University	Durham, NC	6,682
12	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	948
12	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	4,417
14	Brown University	Providence, RI	7,043
15	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	6,861
15	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	8,617
17	Rice University	Houston, TX	3,992
17	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	15,182
19	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	7,751
20	University of California–Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	31,577
21	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	7,086
22	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	19,907
22	University of California–Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	30,853
24	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	7,459
25	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	6,947
25	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	30,318
27	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, NC	5,225
28	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	16,777
29	Tufts University	Medford, MA	5,643
29	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	6,535
29	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA	16,049
29	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	19,117
29	New York University	New York, NY	26,733
34	University of California–Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	23,070
34	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	35,491
36	University of California–Irvine	Irvine, CA	29,736
37	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	9,377
37	University of California–San Diego	La Jolla, CA	30,285
39	University of California–Davis	Davis, CA	30,872
40	Brandeis University	Waltham, MA	3,639
40	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	5,262
40	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, VA	6,377
40	Tulane University	New Orleans, LA	6,773
40	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	13,909
40	Boston University	Boston, MA	18,515
46	Villanova University	Villanova, PA	6,917
46	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, WI	32,648
48	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	33,915
48	University of Texas–Austin	Austin, TX	40,804
50	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA	3,627
50	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	5,047
50	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	6,628
50	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	29,611
54	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	5,520
54	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	15,226
54	Ohio State University–Columbus	Columbus, OH	46,820
57	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	11,117
57	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	19,330
57	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	32,472
57	Purdue University–West Lafayette	West Lafayette, IN	32,672
57	Pennsylvania State University–University Park	University Park, PA	40,363
62	University of Washington	Seattle, WA	32,099
62	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	Piscataway, NJ	36,039
64	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA	4,668
64	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX	6,479
64	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, CA	6,700
64	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	19,133
64	University of Massachusetts–Amherst	Amherst, MA	23,515
64	University of Maryland–College Park	College Park, MD	30,762
70	George Washington University	Washington, DC	12,546
70	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	19,669
70	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	34,633
70	Texas A&M University–College Station	College Station, TX	53,743
74	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	3,230
74	Fordham University	New York, NY	9,645
74	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	27,811
77	American University	Washington, DC	8,287
77	Brigham Young University–Provo	Provo, UT	31,441
79	Binghamton University–SUNY	Binghamton, NY	14,021
79	Baylor University	Waco, TX	14,188
79	University at Buffalo–SUNY	Buffalo, NY	21,607
79	Indiana University–Bloomington	Bloomington, IN	33,301
79	Gonzaga University	Spokane, WA
84	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	4,954
84	Elon University	Elon, NC	6,196
84	Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI	8,435
84	University of California–Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	17,792
84	University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA	23,989
84	North Carolina State University–Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	25,199
84	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	39,423
91	Clark University	Worcester, MA	2,304
91	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	5,855
91	Miami University–Oxford	Oxford, OH	17,326
91	Stony Brook University–SUNY	Stony Brook, NY	17,522
91	University of Delaware	Newark, DE	19,117
91	University of California–Riverside	Riverside, CA	20,581
97	Yeshiva University	New York, NY	2,682
97	University of Denver	Denver, CO	5,801
97	University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	6,704
97	Saint Louis University	St. Louis, MO	7,167
97	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ	8,532
97	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, TX	9,445
97	Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	13,490
104	Creighton University	Omaha, NE	4,446
104	Howard University	Washington, DC	6,243
104	University of California–Merced	Merced, CA	7,881
104	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	11,919
104	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY	13,513
104	University of Oregon	Eugene, OR	19,101
104	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	22,815
104	Auburn University	Auburn, AL	24,628
104	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	24,743
104	University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	26,733
104	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	29,484
104	University of Colorado–Boulder	Boulder, CO	30,152
104	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	32,238
117	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL	3,026
117	Clarkson University	Potsdam, NY	3,091
117	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	35,233
117	Arizona State University–Tempe	Tempe, AZ	42,844
121	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse, NY	1,779
121	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	3,296
121	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT	11,328
121	Iowa State University	Ames, IA	29,621
125	University of the Pacific	Stockton, CA	3,701
125	Chapman University	Orange, CA	7,281
125	University of New Hampshire	Durham, NH	12,782
125	DePaul University	Chicago, IL	14,507
125	Simmons University	Boston, MA
130	Drake University	Des Moines, IA	3,015
130	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS
132	University of La Verne	La Verne, CA	2,798
132	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, PA	6,013
132	University of Dayton	Dayton, OH	8,617
132	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark, NJ	9,142
132	University of Illinois–Chicago	Chicago, IL	20,783
132	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	22,136
132	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	22,152
139	Seattle University	Seattle, WA	4,764
139	Seton Hall University	South Orange, NJ	6,136
139	University of Missouri	Columbia, MO	22,503
139	Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	25,699
139	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	26,932
139	The Catholic University of America	Washington, DC
139	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, NE
139	University of St. Thomas	St. Paul, MN
147	University at Albany–SUNY	Albany, NY	13,598
147	University of Texas–Dallas	Richardson, TX	19,872
147	San Diego State University	San Diego, CA	30,393
147	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, MI
147	Samford University	Birmingham, AL
147	University of St. Joseph	West Hartford, CT
153	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso, IN	3,218
153	Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3,604
153	Mercer University	Macon, GA	4,797
153	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, AR	23,386
153	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	25,361
153	George Mason University	Fairfax, VA	26,192
153	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	33,028
153	Quinnipiac University	Hamden, CT
153	The New School	New York, NY
162	Hofstra University	Hempstead, NY	6,701
162	Kansas State University	Manhattan, KS	17,869
162	University of Mississippi	University, MS	18,007
162	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, VA	24,058
166	Adelphi University	Garden City, NY	5,391
166	Belmont University	Nashville, TN	6,656
166	University of Maryland–Baltimore County	Baltimore, MD	11,260
166	University of Alabama–Birmingham	Birmingham, AL	13,836
166	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, RI	13,865
166	Rowan University	Glassboro, NJ	16,120
166	Washington State University	Pullman, WA	26,098
166	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	26,400
166	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	58,913
166	Montclair State University	Montclair, NJ
166	Rutgers University–Camden	Camden, NJ
166	St. John Fisher College	Rochester, NY
166	University of Hawaii–Manoa	Honolulu, HI
179	Gallaudet University	Washington, DC	1,138
179	University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, MI	2,880
179	Missouri University of Science & Technology–Rolla	Rolla, MO	6,848
179	University of Idaho	Moscow, ID	9,568
179	St. John’s University	Queens, NY	16,884
179	University of Massachusetts–Lowell	Lowell, MA
185	Biola University	La Mirada, CA	4,010
185	University of North Carolina–Wilmington	Wilmington, NC	14,452
185	Ohio University	Athens, OH	22,275
185	University of Houston	Houston, TX	38,348
185	Chatham University	Pittsburgh, PA
185	Pacific University	Forest Grove, OR
185	Union University	Jackson, TN
192	Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, WA	2,876
192	University of Louisville	Louisville, KY	15,642
192	Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, OK	20,574
192	Ball State University	Muncie, IN
192	Misericordia University	Dallas, PA
197	Bellarmine University	Louisville, KY	2,552
197	Bethel University	St. Paul, MN	2,857
197	Illinois State University	Normal, IL	18,107
197	Towson University	Towson, MD	19,818
197	Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, LA
202	University of St. Francis	Joliet, IL	1,629
202	Florida Institute of Technology	Melbourne, FL	3,680
202	Pace University	New York, NY	8,960
202	University of Maine	Orono, ME	9,365
202	Edgewood College	Madison, WI
202	Maryville University of St. Louis	St Louis, MO
202	Regis University	Denver, CO
202	Robert Morris University	Moon Township, PA
202	Widener University	Chester, PA
211	Wilkes University	Wilkes-Barre, PA	2,455
211	University of Hartford	West Hartford, CT	5,000
211	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	18,490
211	California State University–Fresno	Fresno, CA	22,071
211	Kent State University	Kent, OH	22,557
211	Georgia State University	Atlanta, GA	27,190
211	Immaculata University	Immaculata, PA
218	Lipscomb University	Nashville, TN	2,938
218	Hampton University	Hampton, VA	3,672
218	Florida International University	Miami, FL	48,439
218	Clarke University	Dubuque, IA
218	Gannon University	Erie, PA
218	Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, 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