Below is the school data from which the Academic ranking is calculated. The categories are:
SAT The average SAT score of incoming students (data is pre-2004)
NMS The number of National Merit Students
10% The percentage of incoming freshmen who were in the top 10% of their high school class
Acc The percentage of applicants who are accepted for enrollment
FA The number of faculty awards
NAM The number of faculty members who are National Academy Members
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Schools | SAT | NMS | 10% | Acc | FA | NAM |
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Harvard University | 1485 | 455 | 90% | 11% | 56 | 259 |
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M.I.T. | 1485 | 153 | 99% | 16% | 34 | 232 |
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Princeton University | 1470 | 179 | 95% | 11% | 30 | 79 |
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Yale University | 1450 | 216 | 95% | 13% | 28 | 108 |
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Stanford University | 1455 | 268 | 88% | 13% | 27 | 244 |
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Cal. Tech. | 1520 | 57 | 99% | 21% | 14 | 95 |
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Washington Univ. in St. Louis | 1390 | 176 | 90% | 24% | 31 | 37 |
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University of Pennsylvania | 1400 | 101 | 91% | 21% | 31 | 91 |
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Columbia University | 1415 | 63 | 84% | 12% | 44 | 84 |
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Duke University | 1410 | 123 | 89% | 23% | 21 | 45 |
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Rice University | 1420 | 173 | 83% | 24% | 7 | 21 |
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University of Chicago | 1395 | 197 | 79% | 42% | 17 | 52 |
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Johns Hopkins University | 1405 | 58 | 72% | 35% | 35 | 63 |
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Dartmouth College | 1420 | 54 | 87% | 21% | 16 | 11 |
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University of California | 1305 | 67 | 98% | 24% | 27 | 202 |
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Northwestern University | 1390 | 109 | 82% | 33% | 17 | 34 |
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Brown University | 1390 | 82 | 87% | 17% | 9 | 19 |
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Cornell University | 1370 | 44 | 83% | 29% | 36 | 78 |
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U.S.C. | 1315 | 185 | 80% | 30% | 23 | 35 |
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UCLA | 1280 | 94 | 97% | 24% | 26 | 60 |
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Emory University | 1380 | 60 | 90% | 42% | 15 | 12 |
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University of North Carolina | 1260 | 149 | 71% | 35% | 24 | 36 |
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Vanderbilt University | 1315 | 140 | 74% | 46% | 15 | 15 |
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University of Michigan | 1280 | 61 | 87% | 49% | 44 | 70 |
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Williams College | 1410 | 50 | 86% | 23% | 4 | 0 |
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Georgia Inst. of Technology | 1335 | 116 | 58% | 59% | 21 | 26 |
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Georgetown University | 1375 | 34 | 80% | 21% | 16 | 5 |
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Amherst College | 1415 | 30 | 82% | 18% | 5 | 0 |
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New York University | 1325 | 114 | 70% | 28% | 11 | 32 |
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University of Virginia | 1315 | 44 | 84% | 39% | 20 | 20 |
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University of Notre Dame | 1355 | 51 | 82% | 34% | 14 | 2 |
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Tufts University | 1310 | 58 | 72% | 27% | 5 | 8 |
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Carnegie Mellon University | 1375 | 22 | 72% | 38% | 5 | 22 |
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Case Western Reserve | 1340 | 50 | 66% | 78% | 14 | 20 |
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Brandeis University | 1320 | 36 | 62% | 42% | 9 | 11 |
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University of Texas | 1210 | 271 | 53% | 61% | 20 | 53 |
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Carleton College | 1370 | 83 | 70% | 35% | 2 | 0 |
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University of Florida | 1220 | 237 | 71% | 58% | 16 | 16 |
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Pomona College | 1435 | 26 | 84% | 23% | 1 | 0 |
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Middlebury College | 1410 | 12 | 74% | 27% | 4 | 0 |
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Bowdoin College | 1360 | 19 | 72% | 25% | 1 | 2 |
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University of Wisconsin | 1270 | 36 | 55% | 60% | 52 | 69 |
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Oberlin College | 1335 | 70 | 63% | 33% | 2 | 0 |
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Swarthmore College | 1445 | 30 | 90% | 24% | 0 | 0 |
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Macalaster College | 1345 | 47 | 71% | 44% | 2 | 0 |
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University of Maryland | 1250 | 58 | 58% | 43% | 19 | 19 |
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Tulane University | 1325 | 53 | 58% | 56% | 9 | 3 |
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Boston University | 1290 | 49 | 56% | 58% | 20 | 13 |
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Wesleyan University | 1365 | 6 | 73% | 28% | 7 | 0 |
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University of Illinois | 1270 | 32 | 55% | 62% | 26 | 51 |
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University of Washington | 1150 | 38 | 44% | 68% | 42 | 79 |
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Washington and Lee | 1350 | 31 | 80% | 31% | 0 | 0 |
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Texas A&M University | 1180 | 160 | 55% | 68% | 13 | 17 |
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Ohio State University | 1175 | 119 | 33% | 74% | 21 | 17 |
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Wake Forest University | 1305 | 15 | 62% | 41% | 4 | 2 |
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Penn State University | 1190 | 32 | 41% | 57% | 26 | 25 |
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Wellesley College | 1345 | 7 | 59% | 47% | 4 | 0 |
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Cooper Union | 1355 | 4 | 80% | 14% | 0 | 0 |
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University of Minnesota | 1205 | 38 | 30% | 76% | 18 | 38 |
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Boston College | 1305 | 15 | 72% | 32% | 4 | 2 |
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Haverford College | 1365 | 0 | 80% | 32% | 1 | 1 |
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Vassar College | 1350 | 5 | 65% | 26% | 2 | 0 |
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University of Kansas | 1140 | 100 | 28% | 67% | 13 | 6 |
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Grinnell College | 1345 | 30 | 59% | 48% | 0 | 0 |
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Purdue University | 1135 | 90 | 28% | 76% | 17 | 15 |
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University of Miami | 1190 | 34 | 55% | 44% | 7 | 2 |
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University of Arizona | 1095 | 58 | 32% | 86% | 21 | 28 |
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Davidson College | 1330 | 8 | 77% | 32% | 0 | 0 |
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Iowa State University | 1205 | 99 | 25% | 89% | 13 | 9 |
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Bates College | 1335 | 1 | 62% | 28% | 2 | 0 |
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Rutgers | 1180 | 9 | 36% | 52% | 11 | 27 |
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University of Iowa | 1195 | 47 | 21% | 84% | 17 | 18 |
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University of Georgia | 1210 | 56 | 46% | 65% | 6 | 7 |
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Illinois Inst. of Technology | 1320 | 4 | 70% | 67% | 2 | 3 |
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Smith College | 1265 | 6 | 58% | 53% | 4 | 0 |
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Brigham Young University | 1200 | 111 | 54% | 73% | 6 | 0 |
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Kenyon College | 1290 | 23 | 51% | 44% | 0 | 0 |
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Arizona State University | 1100 | 103 | 26% | 85% | 13 | 4 |
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University of Alabama | 1100 | 52 | 27% | 85% | 9 | 9 |
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Reed College | 1330 | 6 | 60% | 46% | 0 | 0 |
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Bryn Mawr College | 1290 | 1 | 57% | 50% | 2 | 1 |
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Florida State University | 1165 | 27 | 58% | 65% | 6 | 7 |
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U.S. Air Force Academy | 1275 | 0 | 57% | 17% | 2 | 0 |
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Michigan State University | 1125 | 51 | 26% | 67% | 13 | 6 |
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University of Colorado | 1165 | 3 | 23% | 80% | 26 | 26 |
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University of Oklahoma | 1125 | 168 | 32% | 89% | 2 | 2 |
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University of Kentucky | 1125 | 54 | 26% | 82% | 10 | 3 |
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U.S. Naval Academy | 1300 | 0 | 57% | 12% | 0 | 1 |
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Bucknell University | 1285 | 4 | 64% | 39% | 1 | 0 |
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University of Missouri | 1200 | 21 | 29% | 88% | 13 | 5 |
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Sarah Lawrence College | 1245 | 7 | 34% | 40% | 0 | 0 |
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College of the Atlantic | 1265 | 6 | 34% | 71% | 0 | 0 |
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Trinity University | 1260 | 9 | 49% | 69% | 1 | 0 |
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University of Arkansas | 1145 | 39 | 36% | 86% | 4 | 2 |
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Villanova University | 1235 | 6 | 41% | 47% | 3 | 1 |
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University of South Carolina | 1100 | 34 | 24% | 70% | 10 | 1 |
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Mount Holyoke College | 1260 | 2 | 52% | 49% | 1 | 0 |
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University of Nebraska | 1155 | 42 | 26% | 90% | 6 | 2 |
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Louisiana State University | 1090 | 44 | 26% | 77% | 7 | 2 |
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Gonzaga University | 1171 | 16 | 37% | 76% | 0 | 0 |
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Indiana University | 1095 | 8 | 22% | 81% | 13 | 9 |
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University of Oregon | 1115 | 12 | 21% | 86% | 8 | 7 |
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College of New Jersey | 1250 | 0 | 61% | 48% | 0 | 0 |
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Wheaton College | 1320 | 0 | 54% | 54% | 0 | 0 |
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University of Mississippi | 1070 | 23 | 35% | 67% | 3 | 0 |
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University of Tennessee | 1085 | 20 | 27% | 58% | 5 | 1 |
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New School University | 1060 | 0 | 18% | 49% | 2 | 0 |
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University of Cincinnati | 1060 | 16 | 12% | 88% | 10 | 5 |
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St. John's College (Md) | 1340 | 0 | 46% | 71% | 0 | 0 |
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R.I.S.D. | 1195 | 0 | 26% | 32% | 0 | 0 |
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Abilene Christian University | 1100 | 12 | 21% | 61% | 0 | 0 |
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Oklahoma State University | 1120 | 13 | 27% | 92% | 4 | 3 |
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Juilliard School | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8% | 0 | 0 |
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North Dakota State | 1070 | 7 | 10% | 60% | 3 | 0 |
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DePaul University | 1100 | 3 | 16% | 77% | 4 | 0 |
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Temple University | 1040 | 1 | 20% | 61% | 3 | 0 |
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Hollins University | 1145 | 0 | 30% | 80% | 0 | 0 |
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Culinary Inst. of America | 0 | 0 | 6% | 46% | 0 | 0 |
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Lincoln University | 832 | 0 | 15% | 49% | 0 | 0 |
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San Diego State | 1030 | 0 | 0% | 67% | 2 | 0 |
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North Central College | 1100 | 0 | 20% | 74% | 0 | 0 |
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Tuskegee University | 900 | 0 | 20% | 81% | 1 | 0 |
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St. Augustine's College | 915 | 0 | 4% | 66% | 0 | 0 |
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Florida Southern College | 980 | 0 | 18% | 78% | 0 | 0 |
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Methodist College | 990 | 0 | 12% | 84% | 0 | 0 |
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Adams State College | 990 | 0 | 10% | 94% | 0 | 0 |
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