US News America's best colleges - 2005

1.

Harvard University (MA)

Princeton University (NJ)

3.

Yale University (CT)

4.

University of Pennsylvania

5.

Duke University (NC)

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Stanford University (CA)

8.

California Institute of Technology

9.

Columbia University (NY)

Dartmouth College (NH)

11.

Northwestern University (IL)

Washington University in St. Louis

13.

Brown University (RI)

14.

Cornell University (NY)

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

University of Chicago

17.

Rice University (TX)

18.

University of Notre Dame (IN)

Vanderbilt University (TN)

20.

Emory University (GA)

21.

University of California – Berkeley *

22.

Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor *

University of Virginia *

25.

Georgetown University (DC)

Univ. of California – Los Angeles *

27.

Wake Forest University (NC)

28.

Tufts University (MA)

29.

U. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill *

30.

Univ. of Southern California

31.

College of William and Mary (VA)*

32.

Brandeis University (MA)

New York University

Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison *

35.

Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)

Univ. of California – San Diego *

37.

Boston College

Lehigh University (PA)

U. of Illinois – Urbana - Champaign *

University of Rochester (NY)

41.

Georgia Institute of Technology *

42.

University of California – Davis *

43.

Tulane University (LA)

University of California – Irvine *

45.

Univ. of California – Santa Barbara *

46.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)

University of Texas – Austin *

University of Washington *

Yeshiva University (NY)

50.

Pennsylvania State U. – University Park *

University of Florida *

52.

George Washington University (DC)

Pepperdine University (CA)

Syracuse University (NY)

55.

Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)

56.

Boston University

Univ. of Maryland – College Park *

58.

Rutgers – New Brunswick (NJ)*

University of Georgia *

University of Iowa *

University of Miami (FL)

62.

Miami University – Oxford (OH)*

Ohio State University – Columbus *

Purdue Univ. – West Lafayette (IN)*

Texas A&M Univ. – College Station *

66.

University of Connecticut *

University of Delaware *

Univ. of Minnesota – Twin Cities *

University of Pittsburgh *

70.

Fordham University (NY)

71.

Indiana University – Bloomington *

Michigan State University *

Southern Methodist University (TX)

74.

Brigham Young Univ. – Provo (UT)

Clark University (MA)

Clemson University (SC)*

SUNY – Binghamton *

Univ. of California – Santa Cruz *

University of Colorado – Boulder *

Virginia Tech *

81.

Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)

St. Louis University

Univ. of California – Riverside *

84.

Baylor University (TX)

Iowa State University *

86.

American University (DC)

North Carolina State U. – Raleigh *

University of Alabama *

Univ. of Missouri – Columbia *

90.

Auburn University (AL)*

Howard University (DC)

Marquette University (WI)

University of Denver

University of Kansas *

University of Tennessee *

University of Tulsa (OK)

University of Vermont *

98.

Ohio University *

SUNY College Environmental Science and Forestry *

Texas Christian University

University of Arizona *

University of Dayton (OH)

Univ. of Massachusetts – Amherst *

Univ. of Nebraska – Lincoln *

University of New Hampshire *

106.

Drexel University (PA)

Illinois Institute of Technology

SUNY – Stony Brook *

University of Missouri – Rolla *

University of San Diego

111.

Catholic University of America (DC)

Florida State University *

Loyola University Chicago

University of San Francisco

University of the Pacific (CA)

University of Utah *

117.

Colorado State University *

University of Oregon *

Univ. of South Carolina – Columbia *

120.

Michigan Technological University *

New School University (NY)

Northeastern University (MA)

Seton Hall University (NJ)

University at Buffalo – SUNY *

University of Arkansas *

University of Kentucky *

University of Oklahoma *

University of St. Thomas (MN)

Washington State University *