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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

School (Reset Sort)	SAT	NMS	10%	Acc	FA	NAM
Harvard University	1485	455	95%	09%	55	267
Yale University	1450	285	95%	10%	39	101
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1467	153	97%	14%	36	238
Princeton University	1470	219	94%	11%	25	90
California Institute of Technology	1520	52	94%	20%	24	99
Stanford University	1247	274	89%	12%	52	253
Washington University in St. Louis	1390	176	93%	19%	29	44
Columbia University	1409	60	86%	13%	37	91
University of Pennsylvania	1412	109	94%	21%	31	85
Duke University	1410	125	87%	22%	32	48
Rice University	1420	184	88%	25%	12	16
Northwestern University	1389	162	82%	30%	37	38
Johns Hopkins University	1386	58	78%	35%	52	69
University of California	1300	68	99%	26%	45	209
Brown University	1390	67	94%	15%	14	16
Dartmouth College	1432	54	87%	17%	18	11
University of California (UCLA)	1289	116	97%	27%	37	66
Cornell University	1370	52	80%	27%	36	64
University of Southern California	1350	198	85%	27%	10	40
Vanderbilt University	1315	151	77%	35%	24	17
Emory University	1380	64	90%	37%	16	17
University of North Carolina	1287	153	74%	36%	30	36
Amherst College	1445	30	80%	19%	7	0
University of Chicago	1395	20	79%	40%	23	51
University of Michigan	1280	61	90%	57%	47	77
Georgetown University	1375	37	86%	21%	13	6
University of Texas	1230	247	68%	51%	30	53
New York University	1318	155	68%	37%	15	33
Pomona College	1460	34	88%	19%	2	0
Georgia Institute of Technology	1334	117	66%	67%	21	30
Williams College	1413	50	85%	19%	2	0
University of Notre Dame	1369	51	86%	32%	13	2
University of Virginia	1330	39	86%	38%	21	25
University of Florida	1250	299	81%	53%	23	17
Bowdoin College	1380	19	82%	25%	4	2
Case Western Reserve University	1340	55	63%	68%	12	20
Carnegie Mellon University	1375	24	71%	39%	11	23
Tufts University	1310	58	80%	28%	6	5
Brandeis University	1330	36	74%	38%	6	13
Carleton College	1370	83	71%	29%	1	0
Oberlin College	1339	53	67%	34%	3	0
University of Maryland	1250	58	53%	49%	27	24
University of Washington	1150	36	82%	67%	34	78
Middlebury College	1430	8	84%	24%	3	0
Swarthmore College	1430	27	88%	22%	0	0
University of Wisconsin	1260	36	56%	68%	43	71
Tulane University	1320	53	65%	44%	6	3
Haverford College	1365	2	91%	26%	2	1
Macalaster College	1344	47	65%	44%	1	0
Boston University	1299	49	58%	57%	16	14
Grinnell College	1367	30	73%	45%	1	0
Vassar College	1377	8	67%	29%	3	0
Wesleyan University	1367	13	71%	28%	2	0
University of Illinois	1288	32	48%	75%	27	52
Washington and Lee University	1350	31	76%	29%	0	0
Texas A&M University	1183	130	50%	70%	11	20
Wellesley College	1367	7	77%	34%	2	0
Ohio State University	1185	105	39%	74%	21	18
University of Georgia	1234	67	52%	65%	12	10
Wake Forest University	1305	14	65%	39%	5	2
University of Arizona	1115	76	34%	88%	23	29
Boston College	1317	15	75%	31%	4	2
Cooper Union	1390	2	85%	13%	0	0
University of Minnesota	1205	38	34%	71%	22	37
Penn State University	1210	21	40%	62%	22	27
Kenyon College	1323	23	57%	36%	0	0
Davidson College	1315	8	72%	27%	0	0
University of Nebraska	1172	204	27%	75%	5	3
Purdue University	1149	90	27%	85%	14	14
Wheaton College	1319	36	54%	51%	0	0
Rutgers	1180	16	36%	61%	11	30
University of Kansas	1110	100	28%	69%	10	5
Iowa State University	1210	99	24%	90%	7	11
University of Iowa	1195	47	22%	84%	13	20
Smith College	1260	6	61%	48%	4	0
University of Oklahoma	1186	171	37%	86%	4	2
University of Miami	1190	24	62%	46%	4	2
Bryn Mawr College	1313	4	62%	46%	1	0
Bates College	1342	1	57%	29%	1	0
Mount Holyoke College	1273	2	51%	52%	5	0
Arizona State University	1106	163	27%	91%	6	7
Reed College	1359	5	57%	45%	0	0
University of Alabama	1114	38	24%	74%	11	7
Bucknell University	1302	6	68%	34%	0	0
Michigan State University	1135	51	26%	76%	11	9
Brigham Young University	1179	119	49%	78%	1	0
University of South Carolina	1151	46	26%	68%	7	2
Illinois Institute of Technology	1295	2	37%	63%	1	4
Trinity University	1296	13	47%	63%	0	0
University of Colorado	1175	4	22%	88%	18	28
U.S. Naval Academy	1268	0	54%	13%	0	1
University of Kentucky	1134	54	28%	82%	5	3
Villanova University	1238	7	47%	51%	3	1
College of the Atlantic	1210	6	36%	66%	0	0
U.S. Air Force Academy	1292	0	56%	18%	0	0
Sarah Lawrence College	1245	7	33%	45%	0	0
University of Missouri	1220	21	27%	83%	8	5
Louisiana State University	1090	44	25%	73%	11	1
University of Arkansas	1160	48	32%	87%	2	2
College of New Jersey	1261	0	68%	45%	1	0
University of Tennessee	1100	25	34%	74%	9	2
Florida State University	1164	17	26%	62%	6	4
Indiana University	1104	8	25%	85%	14	10
Gonzaga University	1175	10	40%	73%	1	0
University of Oregon	1114	14	25%	90%	7	6
Rhode Island School of Design	1195	0	40%	35%	0	0
Oklahoma State University	1120	8	27%	88%	7	3
University of Cincinnati	1060	7	19%	76%	8	6
University of Mississippi	1070	23	35%	73%	1	0
St. John's College (Md)	1340	0	40%	76%	0	0
New School University	1060	0	11%	55%	2	0
Abilene Christian University	1100	9	22%	54%	0	0
San Diego State University	1030	0	15%	44%	7	0
Juilliard School	0	0	00%	05%	0	0
Temple University	1040	1	19%	63%	4	0
DePaul University	1130	1	12%	71%	3	0
Lincoln University	832	0	09%	35%	0	0
Tuskegee University	900	2	20%	81%	1	0
St. Augustine's College	915	0	15%	49%	0	0
North Central College	1100	0	21%	70%	0	0
Adams State College	990	0	07%	60%	0	0
Florida Southern College	980	0	23%	73%	0	0
North Dakota State University	1070	3	18%	84%	0	0
Hollins University	1145	0	19%	86%	0	0
Culinary Institute of America	0	0	07%	69%	0	0
Methodist College	990	0	11%	78%	0	0