There are several college rankings. There is much debate about the value of these rankings, and even the theoretical possibility of sorting such different institutions into a strict numerical order. For that reason, several college rankings provide general rankings only. US News and World report takes the most flak for providing a strict numerical ranking for every school.
Students should take all rankings with a grain of salt.
CollegeConfidential.com sorts the top colleges in the country into several lists:
"A generation ago, elite schools were a clearly defined group: the eight schools in the Ivy League, along with such academic powerhouses as Stanford, the University of Chicago, MIT and Caltech. Smaller liberal-arts colleges—like Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Swarthmore and Wesleyan—were the destinations of choice for top students who preferred a more intimate campus. But in the past few decades, the number of college-bound students has skyrocketed, and so has the number of world-class schools. The demand for an excellent education has created an ever-expanding supply of big and small campuses that provide great academics and first-rate faculties.
The bottom line: that one "perfect" school need not break a student's heart. The colleges on the following list—the "New Ivies"—are beneficiaries of the boom in top students. We selected them based on admissions statistics as well as interviews with administrators, faculty, students and alumni."
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1. Princeton University (NJ)
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2. Harvard University (MA)
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3. Yale University (CT)
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4. California Institute of Technology
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4. Stanford University (CA)
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4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
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7. University of Pennsylvania
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8. Duke University (NC)
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9. University of Chicago
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9. Dartmouth College (NH)
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9. Columbia University (NY)
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12. Washington University in St. Louis
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12. Cornell University (NY)
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14. Northwestern University (IL)
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15. Brown University (RI)
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16. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
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17. Rice University (TX)
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18. Emory University (GA)
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18. Vanderbilt University (TN)
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20. University of Notre Dame (IN)
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21. University of California—Berkeley *
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21. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
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23. Georgetown University (DC)
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24. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor *
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24. University of Virginia *
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26. Univ. of California—Los Angeles *
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27. Univ. of Southern California
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27. Tufts University (MA)
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27. U. of North Carolina—Chapel Hill *
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30. Wake Forest University (NC)
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31. Brandeis University (MA)
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31. College of William and Mary (VA) *
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33. Lehigh University (PA)
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34. Boston College
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34. New York University
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34. University of Rochester (NY)
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34. Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison *
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38. Univ. of California—San Diego *
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38. Georgia Institute of Technology *
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38. Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)
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41. U. of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign *
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42. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
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42. University of Washington *
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44. University of California—Irvine *
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44. Tulane University (LA) 11
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44. Yeshiva University (NY)
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47. University of California—Davis *
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47. Univ. of California—Santa Barbara *
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47. University of Florida *
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47. Pennsylvania State U.—University Park *
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47. University of Texas—Austin *
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52. George Washington University (DC)
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52. Syracuse University (NY)
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54. Pepperdine University (CA)
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54. University of Miami (FL)
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54. Univ. of Maryland—College Park *
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57. Boston University
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57. Ohio State University—Columbus *
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57. University of Pittsburgh *
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60. University of Georgia *
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60. Rutgers—New Brunswick (NJ) *
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60. Miami University—Oxford (OH) *
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60. Texas A&M Univ.—College Station *
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64. Purdue Univ.—West Lafayette (IN) *
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64. University of Iowa *
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64. Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)
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67. University of Connecticut *
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67. University of Delaware *
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67. Univ. of Minnesota—Twin Cities *
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70. Indiana University—Bloomington *
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70. Michigan State University *
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70. Fordham University (NY)
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70. Clemson University (SC) *
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70. Southern Methodist University (TX)
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70. Brigham Young Univ.—Provo (UT)
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76. Univ. of California—Santa Cruz *
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77. University of Colorado—Boulder *
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77. St. Louis University
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77. Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
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77. Virginia Tech *
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81. Iowa State University *
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81. Clark University (MA)
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81. North Carolina State U.—Raleigh *
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81. Baylor University (TX)
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81. Marquette University (WI)
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86. American University (DC)
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86. SUNY—Binghamton *
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88. Univ. of California—Riverside *
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88. University of Denver
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88. Howard University (DC)
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88. University of Kansas *
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88. Univ. of Missouri—Columbia *
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88. University of Tulsa (OK)
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88. University of Tennessee *
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88. University of Vermont *
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88. University of Alabama *
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88. Auburn University (AL) *
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98. University of Arizona *
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98. University of the Pacific (CA)
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98. Northeastern University (MA)
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98. Univ. of Massachusetts—Amherst *
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98. Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln *
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98. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry *
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98. SUNY—Stony Brook *
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105. University of San Diego
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105. Illinois Institute of Technology
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105. University of New Hampshire *
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105. University of Dayton (OH)
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105. Texas Christian University
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110. Florida State University *
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110. Ohio University *
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112. University of San Francisco
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112. Loyola University Chicago
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112. University of Kentucky *
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112. University of Missouri—Rolla *
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112. University of Oklahoma *
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112. Drexel University (PA)
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112. Univ. of South Carolina—Columbia *
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112. Washington State University *
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120. Catholic University of America (DC)
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120. University at Buffalo—SUNY *
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120. University of Oregon *
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120. University of Utah *
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124. Colorado State University *
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124. Kansas State University *
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124. New Jersey Inst. of Technology *
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