TOP 126 SCHOOL RANKINGS
The following list sets forth each of the 128 schools in order of their average rank -- that is, the average of each of their ranks for Academics, Athletics, Quality of Life and Cost. A weighted average, that gives more weight to strong Academic performance, is set forth on a separate page.
Rank QOL | Rank Acad | Rank Sports | Rank Cost | Rank Overall | |
Princeton University | 1 | 3 | 11 | 75 | 1 |
University of North Carolina | 46 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 2 |
Stanford University | 4 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 3 |
Yale University | 14 | 4 | 5 | 100 | 4 |
University of Virginia | 24 | 30 | 29 | 41 | 5 |
Williams College | 2 | 25 | 19 | 80 | 6 |
University of Michigan | 38 | 24 | 9 | 64 | 7 |
University of Notre Dame | 6 | 31 | 32 | 73 | 8 |
University of California | 50 | 15 | 20 | 61 | 9 |
Harvard University | 12 | 1 | 39 | 98 | 10 |
University of California (UCLA) | 67 | 20 | 2 | 66 | 11 |
Columbia University | 33 | 9 | 35 | 79 | 12 |
U.S. Naval Academy | 28 | 88 | 45 | 1 | 13 |
Duke University | 5 | 10 | 48 | 104 | 14 |
Amherst College | 3 | 28 | 50 | 88 | 15 |
University of Texas | 106 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 16 |
University of Florida | 71 | 38 | 59 | 7 | 17 |
Rice University | 19 | 11 | 89 | 58 | 18 |
Dartmouth College | 11 | 14 | 52 | 103 | 19 |
Middlebury College | 21 | 40 | 15 | 108 | 20 |
College of New Jersey | 44 | 102 | 14 | 25 | 21 |
Penn State University | 69 | 56 | 17 | 44 | 22 |
University of Oklahoma | 77 | 86 | 22 | 9 | 23 |
California Institute of Technology | 17 | 6 | 106 | 65 | 23 |
University of Maryland | 91 | 46 | 28 | 34 | 25 |
Louisiana State University | 75 | 99 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
University of Wisconsin | 81 | 42 | 27 | 50 | 27 |
Kenyon College | 31 | 77 | 6 | 86 | 27 |
Washington and Lee University | 15 | 52 | 74 | 60 | 29 |
Carleton College | 19 | 37 | 76 | 72 | 30 |
University of Georgia | 80 | 73 | 33 | 19 | 31 |
Johns Hopkins University | 43 | 13 | 38 | 112 | 32 |
U.S. Air Force Academy | 29 | 83 | 95 | 1 | 33 |
University of Illinois | 68 | 50 | 42 | 52 | 34 |
University of Arkansas | 108 | 94 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
University of Iowa | 103 | 72 | 16 | 22 | 36 |
University of Southern California | 84 | 19 | 3 | 111 | 37 |
Davidson College | 7 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 37 |
University of Pennsylvania | 25 | 8 | 64 | 121 | 39 |
Cornell University | 23 | 18 | 55 | 123 | 40 |
Brown University | 22 | 17 | 63 | 119 | 41 |
University of Kansas | 85 | 63 | 61 | 13 |