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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.

School	QOL	Academics	Athletics	Cost	Overall
Princeton University	2	7	5	76	1
Stanford University	1	14	1	87	2
Yale University	12	5	7	91	5
Harvard University	11	2	39	74	6
University of North Carolina	50	34	4	20	3
California Institute of Technology	17	13	107	79	35
Rice University	31	20	77	51	18
Duke University	15	16	44	89	13
Columbia University	30	15	28	86	9
University of California	48	25	22	71	15
Dartmouth College	10	25	51	110	25
Williams College	3	41	20	49	4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	19	7	90	114	46
University of Michigan	38	38	10	77	12
University of Pennsylvania	23	16	66	92	26
Johns Hopkins University	46	23	42	110	39
Washington University in St. Louis	44	14	34	124	36
University of Virginia	27	42	37	38	7
University of California (UCLA)	67	27	2	70	15
Amherst College	7	36	50	66	9
University of Notre Dame	6	41	30	117	23
Northwestern University	42	20	86	107	68
Brown University	28	25	63	115	48
Cornell University	29	28	56	123	55
University of Southern California	87	29	3	116	54
University of Chicago	55	36	89	96	85
University of Texas	95	38	12	20	14
Emory University	47	32	71	99	65
Middlebury College	18	51	13	80	11
University of Florida	74	42	58	8	20
Georgia Institute of Technology	90	40	97	37	77
Carleton College	13	48	72	97	47
University of Wisconsin	85	53	32	39	31
Vanderbilt University	41	30	97	83	67
Georgetown University	45	38	79	121	89
University of Maryland	92	51	38	40	40
Bowdoin College	16	43	99	82	56
Pomona College	9	39	105	93	62
Penn State University	64	65	17	56	28
Washington and Lee University	20	59	76	69	42
Macalaster College	49	56	68	61	51
Swarthmore College	8	52	104	54	37
Tufts University	57	44	100	83	90
University of Illinois	61	59	36	55	34
Brandeis University	54	44	70	102	81
New York University	104	39	52	126	105
Oberlin College	51	51	103	113	102
Case Western Reserve University	99	44	94	78	101
Ohio State University	97	61	18	59	53
Carnegie Mellon University	86	44	106	125	121
Cooper Union	26	64	112	60	74
Wake Forest University	43	61	55	103	75
University of Kansas	79	69	62	14	41
Texas A&M University	114	59	80	17	82
University of Washington	84	51	75	36	62
University of Minnesota	113	64	57	50	92
Davidson College	4	67	72	98	57
Wesleyan University	39	59	93	120	99
Kenyon College	35	67	11	88	27
University of Georgia	69	61	26	19	17
University of Iowa	109	70	16	25	38
Iowa State University	88	69	41	31	45
Wellesley College	14	60	119	63	71
U.S. Naval Academy	22	79	45	1	8
Haverford College	5	56	109	75	60
Grinnell College	40	57	108	58	76
Vassar College	24	57	95	108	91
Brigham Young University	93	77	60	4	52
U.S. Air Force Academy	32	80	96	1	32
Boston University	118	56	65	118	117
University of Oklahoma	75	71	24	11	19
University of Arizona	125	63	53	18	72
Boston College	53	64	69	106	95
University of Alabama	78	76	64	10	44
Tulane University	116	54	88	95	115
Rutgers	101	69	85	35	94
Purdue University	106	68	83	46	98
Bates College	36	73	101	67	86
Michigan State University	82	77	31	53	58
Arizona State University	120	74	40	22	70
University of Arkansas	105	82	6	13	29
Louisiana State University	76	82	15	15	22
University of Miami	96	72	61	90	104
College of New Jersey	58	83	14	33	21
Florida State University	115	83	67	24	93
University of Kentucky	108	79	54	9	66
Bucknell University	21	76	78	105	87
Illinois Institute of Technology	110	78	117	45	114
Trinity University	65	78	59	42	59
Smith College	52	71	115	110	113
Bryn Mawr College	33	73	121	101	108
University of Nebraska	98	68	33	12	33
University of Colorado	121	79	47	64	99
University of Missouri	81	80	84	30	84
Villanova University	62	80	27	104	83
Abilene Christian University	63	92	8	32	24
Reed College	59	74	120	81	110
Indiana University	103	85	23	57	78
University of Mississippi	71	90	91	3	69
Oklahoma State University	102	89	9	7	30
University of Tennessee	112	83	48	27	80
Wheaton College	56	68	74	47	61
University of South Carolina	94	77	87	34	96
Lincoln University	70	99	35	22	43
North Dakota State University	117	104	43	16	88
Mount Holyoke College	34	73	113	122	111
St. Augustine's College	100	101	25	6	49
University of Oregon	119	86	46	43	97
Florida Southern College	80	104	21	29	50
College of the Atlantic	68	80	122	48	103
Gonzaga University	106	86	92	73	117
Sarah Lawrence College	73	80	114	119	124
North Central College	111	102	19	28	73
Methodist College	89	107	29	44	79
Adams State College	91	103	49	5	64
University of Cincinnati	122	90	82	65	119
Hollins University	60	104	124	72	120
Temple University	124	97	81	52	116
Rhode Island School of Design	83	88	118	94	122
Juilliard School	25	94	125	85	109
Tuskegee University	66	100	116	41	106
Culinary Institute of America	37	106	122	61	107
St. John's College (Md)	77	91	110	108	123
San Diego State University	126	93	102	26	112
New School University	72	91	125	100	125
DePaul University	123	98	111	68	126