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.

Schools

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

42

Emory University

42

21

65

97

43

Washington University in St. Louis

57

7

40

122

44

Cooper Union

39

58

114

15

44

Brigham Young University

89

76

60

3

46

Northwestern University

40

15

85

89

47

Abilene Christian University

66

111

7

45

47

Ohio State University

112

54

25

41

49

University of Alabama

78

79

66

9

49

Wake Forest University

41

55

54

83

51

Georgia Institute of Technology

73

26

107

29

52

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

18

2

90

125

52

Iowa State University

96

69

41

30

54

Macalaster College

54

45

70

68

55

St. Augustine's College

83

123

24

8

56

University of Minnesota

90

59

51

40

57

Michigan State University

86

83

36

38

58

Oklahoma State University

101

112

8

27

59

Pomona College

9

39

104

96

59

Lincoln University

74

119

30

26

61

Swarthmore College

10

44

105

91

62

Florida Southern College

72

124

21

35

63

Texas A&M University

110

53

80

11

64

Bowdoin College

16

41

96

102

65

University of Nebraska

105

98

34

19

66

Arizona State University

122

78

37

22

67

Indiana University

99

101

18

43

68

University of Kentucky

104

86

56

17

69

University of Mississippi

63

105

91

4

69

North Dakota State University

93

114

43

14

71

Wellesley College

8

57

118

83

72

University of Washington

97

51

73

46

73

Bucknell University

27

89

77

74

73

Georgetown University

35

27

86

120

75

University of Tennessee

88

106

47

28

76

University of Chicago

53

12

87

118

77

Grinnell College

37

64

108

62

78

Oberlin College

45

43

101

83

79

Villanova University

62

95

26

90

80

Rutgers

82

71

83

39

81

Trinity University

65

93

58

59

81

University of Arizona

124

67

53

32

83

Methodist College

87

125

31

36

84

Brandeis University

59

35

69

117

85

Vassar College

26

62

102

94

86

Wheaton College

55

104

71

54

86

Vanderbilt University

48

23

98

116

88

University of Missouri

76

90

82

37

88

Florida State University

113

82

67

24

90

Bates College

32

70

99

87

91

Haverford College

13

61

109

106

92

Adams State College

115

126

46

5

93

Purdue University

101

65

81

48

94

Tufts University

56

32

97

113

95

Carnegie Mellon University

69

33

103

95

96

Boston College

58

59

78

106

97

Wesleyan University

36

49

94

124

98

Case Western Reserve University

100

33

93

78

99

University of Colorado

121

85

44

55

100

New York University

98

29

57

126

101

North Central College

114

121

23

56

102

University of South Carolina

117

96

84

21

103

University of Oregon

120

102

49

53

104

University of Miami

107

66

62

91

105

Bryn Mawr College

34

81

119

101

106

Mount Holyoke College

30

97

111

99

107

Smith College

49

75

113

105

108

Tuskegee University

61

122

114

47

109

Boston University

118

48

68

114

110

Temple University

125

116

75

33

111

Culinary Institute of America

60

118

122

49

111

Hollins University

51

117

120

63

113

Gonzaga University

92

100

92

71

114

Rhode Island School of Design

52

110

116

77

114

Illinois Institute of Technology

111

73

124

51

116

Tulane University

116

47

88

109

117

Reed College

79

80

120

82

118

San Diego State University

126

120

100

16

119

University of Cincinnati

119

108

79

57

120

Juilliard School

47

113

125

81

121

College of the Atlantic

94

92

123

67

122

Sarah Lawrence College

64

91

117

114

123

St. John's College (Md)

109

109

110

76

124

New School University

95

107

125

91

125

DePaul University

123

115

112

69

126