College Guide

2014 National Universities Rankings

Read National Universities Rankings in the chart below and use this drop-down menu to check out Rankings charts for other school types:

About the Rankings: We rate schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

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* Indicates a public school, ° indicates a for-profit school.

sort	Institution sort a-z sort by state		Social Mobility sort					Research sort									Service sort

		Overall Score	Students receiving Pell grants	Net price	Predicted grad rate Actual grad rate Rank			Research expenditures, in millions Rank		Bachelor's to PhD rank	Science & engineering PhD's awarded Rank		Faculty receiving significant awards Rank		Faculty in national academies Rank		Peace Corps Rank	ROTC Rank	Federal work-study funds spent on service Rank		Community service participation and hours served Rank	Service staff, courses and financial aid support Rank
1	University of California–San Diego (CA)*	100	44%	$12,726	79%	86%	32	$1,009	5	38	413	21	1.1%	10	3.4%	8	34	212	33%	22	14	123
2	University of California–Riverside (CA)*	95	53%	$11,406	64%	67%	35	$133	108	134	187	63	1.2%	6	0.6%	64	114	230	75%	1	3	152
3	University of California–Berkeley (CA)*	94	33%	$15,844	90%	91%	135	$711	18	15	670	1	1.1%	7	7.2%	5	26	201	19%	101	108	81
4	Texas A&M University–College Station (TX)*	94	21%	$11,925	69%	80%	13	$696	22	93	458	15	0.8%	25	0.9%	49	124	1	44%	6	44	124
5	University of California–Los Angeles (CA)*	90	35%	$14,356	85%	91%	56	$974	7	32	525	8	0.7%	36	2.1%	19	25	132	20%	94	13	113
6	Stanford University (CA)	90	17%	$20,337	93%	95%	164	$884	8	4	584	5	1.1%	8	7.3%	4	52	223	29%	36	79	56
7	University of Washington–Seattle (WA)*	85	23%	$9,018	70%	80%	5	$1,093	4	56	488	13	0.9%	19	2.2%	17	13	103	20%	87	172	161
8	University of Texas–El Paso (TX)*	85	59%	$3,258	28%	37%	1	$74	139	187	48	156	0.3%	156	0.0%	157	249	139	21%	79	136	60
9	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	85	22%	$26,909	85%	79%	257	$426	42	17	172	71	0.8%	29	1.3%	33	20	173	35%	15	43	6
10	Harvard University (MA)	85	11%	$16,394	88%	97%	58	$678	23	11	442	17	2.4%	1	9.9%	2	135	211	26%	43	172	114
11	Georgia Institute of Technology–Main (GA)*	83	18%	$8,643	79%	79%	17	$653	24	40	421	18	2.0%	3	2.7%	9	134	68	10%	222	33	117
12	University of NC–Chapel Hill (NC)*	82	20%	$10,378	85%	89%	21	$803	13	41	367	23	0.8%	20	1.0%	46	21	121	21%	81	9	38
13	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (MI)*	81	16%	$14,306	87%	90%	79	$1,262	2	30	633	2	0.7%	33	1.4%	29	22	106	13%	171	37	50
14	MA Institute of Technology (MA)	78	20%	$19,978	97%	93%	212	$742	17	2	550	7	0.6%	51	5.0%	6	144	30	13%	173	172	174
15	University of CA–Santa Barbara (CA)*	77	35%	$13,761	74%	80%	54	$230	78	51	228	51	0.9%	18	4.2%	7	15	204	17%	121	39	116
16	University of California–Davis (CA)*	76	40%	$13,914	78%	82%	75	$700	21	43	448	16	0.5%	86	1.1%	40	45	190	31%	28	118	172
17	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI)*	74	16%	$14,773	80%	82%	95	$1,104	3	34	553	6	0.8%	31	1.6%	26	19	130	16%	140	94	105
18	Ohio State University–Main (OH)*	73	24%	$19,111	71%	80%	97	$785	15	98	516	11	0.5%	82	0.7%	55	63	92	24%	56	82	122
19	University of Notre Dame (IN)	72	12%	$24,344	100%	96%	239	$134	107	25	133	91	0.8%	30	0.3%	95	31	10	29%	37	41	18
20	University of Texas–Austin (TX)*	72	26%	$14,636	75%	80%	74	$614	27	53	488	14	1.0%	14	2.5%	11	76	155	36%	12	172	174
21	University of Florida (FL)*	72	30%	$11,891	79%	84%	26	$706	20	44	604	3	0.4%	93	0.5%	73	32	77	8%	253	172	174
22	Brigham Young University–Provo (UT)	71	34%	$11,515	66%	78%	9	$35	179	36	77	124	0.4%	114	0.1%	150	195	80	0%	272	77	19
23	Utah State University (UT)*	71	36%	$10,734	44%	52%	10	$160	99	148	65	135	0.8%	27	0.1%	147	234	75	50%	5	172	174
24	Florida International University (FL)*	70	52%	$10,627	45%	46%	47	$113	118	242	96	110	0.6%	47	0.1%	132	224	214	28%	38	16	70
25	Vanderbilt University (TN)	70	14%	$19,447	94%	92%	197	$544	32	28	208	56	0.5%	77	0.7%	59	57	88	36%	11	15	101
26	University of IL–Urbana-Champaign (IL)*	70	19%	$15,710	82%	83%	124	$548	31	42	595	4	1.1%	12	2.3%	15	68	109	24%	54	172	174
27	Princeton University (NJ)	69	12%	$18,807	99%	96%	194	$261	70	5	253	38	1.9%	4	8.5%	3	121	143	12%	182	172	174
28	Arizona State University (AZ)*	69	37%	$10,584	53%	58%	16	$357	53	189	274	34	0.5%	91	0.8%	54	125	124	24%	55	135	110
29	Michigan State University (MI)*	69	25%	$13,641	70%	78%	34	$464	36	95	325	27	0.6%	62	0.3%	91	54	125	20%	88	67	35
30	Indiana State University (IN)*	69	40%	$11,307	41%	44%	43	$2	246	243	18	211	0.2%	158	0.0%	157	255	78	12%	194	1	4
31	Duke University (NC)	68	13%	$22,619	98%	94%	225	$1,005	6	12	263	36	0.6%	54	1.4%	32	38	52	14%	166	92	86
32	Jackson State University (MS)*	68	75%	$9,783	32%	42%	7	$47	168	136	18	214	0.2%	165	0.0%	157	259	41	15%	143	172	174
33	Tufts University (MA)	68	13%	$26,184	93%	91%	232	$158	101	22	116	102	0.7%	40	0.9%	48	4	186	19%	102	87	7
34	South Carolina State University (SC)*	68	72%	$16,109	27%	36%	59	$9	220	196	0	254	0.1%	206	0.0%	157	215	6	21%	80	172	174
35	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (MN)*	68	23%	$15,175	71%	71%	132	$820	12	90	517	10	0.7%	41	0.8%	53	66	161	34%	17	111	148
36	Rice University (TX)	68	16%	$19,129	93%	92%	190	$108	119	7	155	79	1.0%	15	2.2%	16	10	202	17%	128	117	73
37	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	67	14%	$31,830	91%	87%	263	$241	74	19	239	45	0.9%	17	2.5%	12	74	158	39%	8	57	89
38	College of William and Mary (VA)*	67	12%	$12,356	89%	90%	63	$57	155	14	27	196	0.5%	79	0.0%	157	6	102	20%	95	19	39
39	Cornell University (NY)	67	16%	$23,490	94%	93%	214	$778	16	9	415	20	0.8%	26	2.2%	18	29	166	12%	192	128	137
40	University of Memphis (TN)*	67	48%	$10,249	42%	38%	106	$50	165	202	53	149	0.2%	177	0.0%	157	225	60	11%	199	70	5
41	University of Pennsylvania (PA)	67	13%	$21,381	94%	96%	178	$856	11	24	308	29	0.7%	39	2.0%	21	73	213	32%	25	97	91
42	VA Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (VA)*	67	17%	$16,981	76%	82%	104	$434	39	50	261	37	0.4%	95	0.6%	69	71	3	8%	254	55	120
43	Washington University in St Louis (MO)	67	7%	$32,330	96%	94%	256	$709	19	21	199	58	0.6%	44	1.3%	35	24	206	12%	193	2	79
44	Syracuse University (NY)	67	26%	$26,906	70%	81%	154	$92	127	126	105	106	0.5%	84	0.3%	89	75	115	27%	41	48	1
45	Iowa State University (IA)*	67	24%	$13,483	66%	70%	68	$260	71	79	279	33	0.4%	113	0.4%	85	116	55	67%	2	172	174
46	Purdue University–Main (IN)*	66	21%	$12,544	66%	68%	67	$577	30	82	518	9	0.8%	21	1.0%	41	138	32	32%	23	167	127
47	North Carolina State Univ.–Raleigh (NC)*	66	22%	$9,957	68%	72%	15	$381	48	72	343	25	0.6%	43	1.0%	45	108	37	14%	156	61	87
48	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	66	13%	$25,410	95%	91%	240	$2,085	1	18	389	22	0.8%	23	2.1%	20	30	116	13%	181	172	174
49	North Carolina A&T State University (NC)*	66	57%	$6,139	35%	41%	2	$35	178	168	17	215	0.2%	189	0.0%	157	243	19	12%	189	172	174
50	University of Utah (UT)*	65	29%	$10,764	46%	57%	8	$408	45	106	236	49	0.3%	127	0.5%	74	157	142	22%	72	127	75
51	Columbia Univ. in the City of NY (NY)	65	18%	$19,533	90%	93%	151	$859	10	16	350	24	0.7%	35	2.5%	14	55	237	20%	92	172	174
52	California Institute of Technology (CA)	65	11%	$23,218	100%	90%	269	$368	51	1	173	69	1.6%	5	12.1%	1	89	263	8%	260	172	174
53	University of Chicago (IL)	65	17%	$28,721	95%	92%	241	$437	38	6	237	47	0.6%	46	1.7%	24	8	245	30%	30	172	166
54	Dartmouth College (NH)	65	16%	$20,219	94%	95%	172	$217	82	10	77	126	0.8%	32	1.7%	25	27	205	11%	207	38	68
55	Brandeis University (MA)	65	19%	$24,854	88%	91%	195	$74	141	20	61	142	2.2%	2	2.6%	10	37	258	10%	235	101	100
56	Tennessee State University (TN)*	64	65%	$7,011	33%	35%	6	$14	215	166	14	222	0.1%	229	0.0%	157	238	163	8%	261	141	22
57	Yale University (CT)	64	14%	$18,349	97%	96%	176	$646	25	3	253	39	0.9%	16	2.5%	13	46	187	13%	168	172	174
58	University of MD–College Park (MD)*	64	19%	$13,770	83%	82%	125	$483	34	60	418	19	0.5%	71	0.9%	51	61	131	25%	49	88	118
59	Loyola University–Chicago (IL)	64	31%	$29,046	79%	69%	271	$44	169	130	52	151	0.2%	170	0.0%	157	43	140	43%	7	21	26
60	University of Virginia–Main (VA)*	63	12%	$12,005	89%	93%	39	$317	61	26	250	42	0.5%	70	1.3%	34	12	42	21%	83	172	174
61	University of Idaho (ID)*	62	39%	$13,616	53%	54%	99	$94	126	114	41	171	0.1%	210	0.0%	157	41	31	19%	104	65	34
62	Tulane University of Louisiana (LA)	62	17%	$28,630	80%	75%	258	$167	94	52	82	118	0.4%	98	0.2%	126	36	91	18%	110	7	8
63	University of Georgia (GA)*	62	23%	$10,561	78%	82%	20	$276	69	78	230	50	0.4%	123	0.3%	101	56	133	13%	176	34	136
64	University of Arizona (AZ)*	62	31%	$12,785	55%	61%	41	$608	28	74	311	28	0.5%	68	0.9%	47	77	93	18%	112	152	173
65	Colorado State Univ.–Fort Collins (CO)*	62	24%	$11,925	66%	64%	109	$337	59	115	179	66	0.2%	173	0.2%	113	35	29	14%	162	29	80
66	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	62	17%	$33,858	85%	83%	254	$87	134	27	128	96	1.1%	11	1.4%	30	164	4	15%	145	149	125
67	Howard University (DC)	61	43%	$19,125	62%	72%	83	$43	171	59	55	146	0.1%	216	0.6%	63	39	26	30%	32	172	174
68	Michigan Technological University (MI)*	61	26%	$15,659	61%	65%	92	$69	145	54	51	152	0.8%	22	0.2%	116	59	5	14%	167	172	174
69	Florida State University (FL)*	61	29%	$13,090	69%	74%	44	$231	76	109	209	55	0.5%	85	0.4%	83	97	82	9%	248	121	44
70	Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)	61	30%	$19,302	63%	65%	158	$38	176	61	63	137	0.5%	75	0.6%	65	128	11	21%	77	161	135
71	Clark University (MA)	61	20%	$24,849	73%	79%	174	$7	225	35	29	191	0.5%	72	1.2%	39	2	238	7%	269	47	9
72	University of Southern California (CA)	60	21%	$27,751	92%	90%	238	$607	29	105	339	26	0.5%	69	1.3%	36	107	119	37%	9	146	156
73	Auburn University (AL)*	60	17%	$14,074	70%	67%	157	$147	103	135	155	77	0.3%	134	0.1%	131	178	12	35%	13	58	40
74	Emory University (GA)	60	21%	$25,461	92%	88%	234	$543	33	29	155	77	0.6%	57	0.7%	56	11	233	10%	212	103	41
75	George Washington University (DC)	60	13%	$28,777	85%	81%	255	$197	88	84	133	91	0.7%	38	0.6%	68	3	58	31%	27	104	43
76	MO Univ. of Science & Technology (MO)*	60	27%	$14,639	65%	66%	118	$41	172	91	62	141	0.2%	157	0.2%	102	162	8	17%	122	172	174
77	Mississippi State University (MS)*	60	34%	$13,451	59%	59%	113	$230	77	112	94	111	0.3%	144	0.1%	144	220	64	27%	40	91	11
78	Oregon State University (OR)*	60	32%	$14,638	50%	61%	31	$229	79	145	161	75	0.5%	76	0.2%	120	60	36	8%	255	160	99
79	University of California–Santa Cruz (CA)*	60	37%	$14,481	71%	74%	86	$152	102	39	131	95	0.7%	34	1.0%	44	16	262	16%	142	172	174
80	SUNY at Albany (NY)*	60	35%	$13,112	62%	65%	64	$387	47	88	118	101	0.6%	60	0.2%	106	96	198	20%	90	26	130
81	University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh (PA)*	59	18%	$20,217	81%	79%	204	$863	9	66	297	31	0.4%	97	0.5%	70	48	85	23%	60	120	126
82	University of Connecticut (CT)*	59	20%	$15,237	78%	81%	94	$250	73	96	239	45	0.4%	100	0.1%	155	94	129	24%	58	11	61
83	University of California–Irvine (CA)*	59	36%	$12,960	78%	85%	36	$341	58	71	300	30	0.8%	28	1.4%	28	100	209	11%	202	172	174
84	Penn State–Main (PA)*	59	18%	$21,239	74%	86%	101	$788	14	58	503	12	0.6%	58	0.7%	60	85	23	24%	53	172	174
85	FL Agricultural & Mechanical Univ. (FL)*	58	67%	$9,393	41%	40%	37	$53	159	153	10	228	0.3%	153	0.0%	157	246	28	8%	256	172	174
86	University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)*	58	46%	$9,600	58%	55%	69	$377	49	118	243	44	0.5%	89	0.3%	97	167	165	10%	233	172	174
87	San Diego State University (CA)*	58	35%	$8,519	55%	66%	3	$100	124	178	1	247	0.4%	99	0.0%	157	83	105	25%	48	172	174
88	Stony Brook University (NY)*	58	35%	$11,759	72%	67%	140	$212	85	120	210	54	0.4%	108	0.7%	61	212	234	18%	115	114	23
89	Rutgers University–New Brunswick (NJ)*	58	29%	$15,534	76%	78%	117	$432	40	83	252	40	0.6%	64	1.2%	38	140	148	16%	137	142	112
90	Western Michigan University (MI)*	57	36%	$14,663	49%	55%	61	$24	192	162	63	139	0.2%	171	0.0%	157	109	81	8%	258	35	28
91	University of West Florida (FL)*	57	37%	$9,376	48%	47%	46	$19	201	206	1	245	0.1%	225	0.0%	157	120	16	35%	14	172	174
92	University of Missouri–Columbia (MO)*	57	21%	$15,822	73%	70%	177	$236	75	102	184	64	0.2%	180	0.2%	109	105	90	55%	3	159	150
93	University of Texas at Dallas (TX)*	57	33%	$7,528	66%	63%	25	$89	130	151	133	91	0.4%	101	0.3%	87	201	244	23%	63	172	174
94	University of Kansas (KS)*	57	21%	$15,257	60%	62%	116	$286	67	87	172	70	0.4%	119	0.2%	112	67	71	10%	225	25	64
95	SUNY Coll. of Envir. Science & Forestry (NY)*	57	22%	$13,264	64%	66%	84	$28	188	57	20	206	0.0%	243	0.0%	157	5	227	15%	146	6	97
96	New York University (NY)	57	21%	$35,925	91%	86%	267	$418	43	73	210	53	0.4%	94	0.7%	57	72	246	29%	35	62	63
97	University of Montana (MT)*	57	37%	$13,329	49%	46%	137	$61	150	171	34	180	0.4%	107	0.0%	157	49	197	20%	98	145	71
98	Adelphi University (NY)	56	29%	$24,711	62%	67%	179	$0	252	239	23	201	0.0%	243	0.0%	157	211	255	21%	84	8	2
99	University of South Florida–Main (FL)*	56	38%	$12,533	58%	53%	146	$408	46	144	184	64	0.4%	109	0.2%	115	131	73	11%	201	125	108
100	Washington State University (WA)*	56	30%	$15,969	57%	68%	45	$343	57	190	145	86	0.5%	80	0.5%	72	93	66	11%	196	130	62

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