College Guide

2013 National Universities Rankings

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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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		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	47%	$12,621	77%	85%	46	1009	6	38	419	17	1.2%	10	3.0%	8	36	206	32%	29	38	119
2	University of California-Riverside (CA)*	94	57%	$11,340	61%	67%	37	132	110	148	193	59	1.3%	6	0.5%	70	112	225	57%	2	3	141
3	Texas A&M University-College Station (TX)*	93	23%	$11,550	68%	81%	18	706	22	83	439	15	0.8%	28	0.9%	46	114	1	37%	16	54	120
4	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	93	21%	$27,169	85%	78%	264	429	43	20	184	66	0.8%	32	1.3%	34	13	163	47%	6	12	3
5	University of California-Berkeley (CA)*	92	27%	$15,589	90%	90%	144	708	20	18	677	1	0.9%	22	6.7%	5	25	198	18%	106	92	61
6	Stanford University (CA)	90	16%	$21,421	91%	96%	187	908	8	8	599	4	1.1%	13	7.5%	3	60	213	29%	36	80	62
7	University of Texas-El Paso (TX)*	89	67%	$2,543	28%	37%	1	74	140	188	53	152	0.3%	157	0.0%	156	249	140	22%	72	86	36
8	Harvard University (MA)	88	18%	$18,277	89%	97%	135	650	25	19	383	21	2.3%	2	8.2%	2	172	214	28%	41	155	84
9	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main (GA)*	87	17%	$8,445	80%	79%	21	655	24	36	416	19	2.1%	3	2.7%	10	126	68	12%	186	29	103
10	University of California-Los Angeles (CA)*	86	32%	$14,474	83%	90%	76	982	7	31	509	13	0.6%	57	2.0%	19	24	109	20%	93	28	108
11	MA Institute of Technology (MA)	85	19%	$20,660	97%	93%	219	724	19	2	567	6	0.7%	43	5.0%	6	107	20	15%	139	155	155
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI)*	84	15%	$14,074	88%	90%	101	1279	2	27	604	3	0.7%	35	1.4%	30	15	89	11%	202	44	49
13	University of Washington-Seattle (WA)*	84	24%	$8,739	69%	80%	6	1149	3	63	513	11	1.0%	20	2.6%	11	22	115	18%	113	155	155
14	University of NC-Chapel Hill (NC)*	79	20%	$11,028	82%	89%	26	767	16	43	365	22	0.8%	26	0.9%	44	18	112	19%	105	25	126
15	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)*	77	15%	$14,940	78%	82%	99	1112	4	34	557	7	0.9%	21	1.9%	20	21	120	17%	122	97	102
16	University of Notre Dame (IN)	74	12%	$24,632	98%	96%	232	134	107	28	125	93	0.7%	50	0.3%	92	39	10	29%	37	35	23
17	Tennessee State University (TN)*	74	80%	$6,624	28%	36%	3	13	213	168	13	220	0.0%	218	0.0%	156	232	172	9%	232	120	16
18	University of Texas-Austin (TX)*	74	28%	$14,629	73%	81%	68	632	26	57	426	16	0.8%	27	2.6%	12	74	142	39%	12	155	155
19	University of IL-Urbana-Champaign (IL)*	73	21%	$15,610	78%	82%	119	546	33	41	584	5	1.0%	16	2.3%	16	66	99	24%	52	155	155
20	Vanderbilt University (TN)	72	13%	$18,993	94%	92%	198	566	31	25	223	55	0.5%	82	0.7%	59	49	75	33%	24	23	85
21	University of Pennsylvania (PA)	72	16%	$20,592	93%	96%	193	886	10	26	316	29	0.6%	58	1.9%	21	70	207	37%	18	111	93
22	University of CA-Santa Barbara (CA)*	72	34%	$14,890	72%	80%	72	230	77	58	247	42	0.8%	30	3.9%	7	9	203	16%	125	83	116
23	University of California-Davis (CA)*	71	39%	$14,072	77%	82%	78	708	21	44	446	14	0.5%	89	1.0%	42	44	196	26%	45	155	155
24	University of Florida (FL)*	71	29%	$11,579	77%	84%	31	740	17	52	618	2	0.4%	116	0.5%	74	30	76	9%	244	155	155
25	Indiana State University (IN)*	71	49%	$11,727	40%	42%	54	2	244	254	22	201	0.4%	126	0.0%	156	255	105	12%	194	1	2
26	Emory University (GA)	71	23%	$25,094	91%	90%	236	547	32	29	144	86	0.7%	49	0.8%	55	11	231	13%	160	49	26
27	Duke University (NC)	70	13%	$22,879	98%	94%	231	1022	5	12	259	41	0.7%	48	1.7%	25	48	46	12%	192	93	82
28	Ohio State University-Main (OH)*	70	20%	$19,082	70%	80%	133	832	13	95	511	12	0.6%	63	0.7%	56	63	82	23%	62	69	117
29	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	70	13%	$32,054	92%	87%	272	243	74	13	245	43	1.1%	15	2.6%	13	85	149	38%	14	48	86
30	Michigan State University (MI)*	70	26%	$12,366	67%	77%	35	454	36	85	305	31	0.7%	51	0.3%	88	53	113	18%	108	84	37
31	Princeton University (NJ)	70	11%	$18,813	98%	96%	197	263	70	5	264	39	1.3%	8	7.3%	4	105	134	13%	165	155	155
32	Columbia Univ. in the City of NY (NY)	70	18%	$19,073	90%	93%	175	879	11	16	359	24	0.9%	23	2.8%	9	54	230	20%	91	155	155
33	Purdue University-Main (IN)*	69	21%	$12,534	66%	68%	71	578	30	84	542	8	1.0%	18	1.0%	41	153	30	32%	26	144	122
34	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	69	12%	$25,795	94%	91%	247	2145	1	17	360	23	0.7%	37	2.1%	18	14	107	12%	182	155	155
35	Washington University in St Louis (MO)	68	6%	$32,870	96%	93%	269	725	18	21	189	60	0.6%	55	1.3%	36	31	193	13%	168	2	77
36	College of William and Mary (VA)*	68	10%	$12,660	89%	91%	70	59	153	10	29	186	0.6%	69	0.0%	156	3	92	19%	96	24	48
37	University of Memphis (TN)*	67	55%	$10,111	41%	38%	53	48	167	204	52	153	0.2%	186	0.0%	156	212	78	9%	226	75	6
38	North Carolina State Univ.-Raleigh (NC)*	67	25%	$9,847	68%	72%	20	378	52	70	323	28	0.8%	33	1.0%	43	103	44	14%	150	59	97
39	California Institute of Technology (CA)	67	9%	$25,382	100%	87%	277	378	53	1	168	72	1.3%	7	12.0%	1	51	258	6%	272	155	155
40	VA Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (VA)*	67	15%	$17,631	76%	82%	139	450	38	53	324	27	0.6%	68	0.6%	63	77	3	9%	248	61	113
41	Florida International University (FL)*	67	51%	$9,225	46%	43%	44	110	119	245	107	107	0.4%	111	0.2%	124	215	215	40%	10	20	124
42	Brandeis University (MA)	67	19%	$26,278	87%	91%	221	75	137	15	65	137	2.5%	1	2.5%	14	35	258	11%	205	99	106
43	Cornell University (NY)	66	15%	$24,249	93%	93%	224	782	15	6	417	18	1.0%	19	2.2%	17	33	154	11%	214	155	155
44	Utah State University (UT)*	66	30%	$10,373	49%	52%	38	174	93	174	82	120	1.1%	12	0.1%	137	253	88	58%	1	155	155
45	Rice University (TX)	66	16%	$19,675	90%	92%	185	110	118	4	156	79	1.2%	11	1.9%	22	17	186	10%	217	135	81
46	University of Chicago (IL)	66	15%	$29,924	94%	92%	255	454	37	3	229	51	0.5%	79	1.7%	26	8	238	29%	38	155	148
47	South Carolina State University (SC)*	66	79%	$16,124	27%	35%	94	8	225	224	0	250	0.4%	106	0.0%	156	190	8	26%	47	155	155
48	Tufts University (MA)	66	10%	$26,274	94%	90%	250	156	102	22	114	103	0.7%	46	0.9%	47	4	182	22%	74	82	10
49	Arizona State University (AZ)*	65	35%	$10,599	53%	57%	33	355	56	179	265	38	0.5%	81	0.8%	54	121	121	21%	76	126	109
50	University of MD-College Park (MD)*	65	15%	$13,625	83%	82%	118	495	35	66	414	20	0.5%	87	0.9%	52	62	139	22%	70	26	91
51	University of Virginia-Main (VA)*	65	13%	$11,590	87%	94%	36	292	66	32	273	35	0.7%	38	1.3%	33	29	48	20%	86	155	155
52	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	64	19%	$33,257	85%	84%	262	85	134	24	119	100	0.7%	42	1.4%	29	147	4	13%	176	104	112
53	North Carolina A&T State University (NC)*	64	68%	$6,147	34%	41%	2	35	181	164	13	220	0.0%	218	0.0%	156	224	19	12%	189	155	155
54	Yale University (CT)	63	13%	$18,934	96%	97%	182	657	23	9	232	50	0.8%	29	2.4%	15	61	178	13%	180	155	155
55	Dartmouth College (NH)	63	13%	$20,814	94%	95%	200	211	83	14	82	120	0.7%	47	1.7%	24	26	208	11%	212	41	66
56	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (MN)*	63	23%	$16,019	69%	70%	151	847	12	109	523	9	0.6%	61	0.9%	49	80	169	34%	22	155	155
57	Trinity International University-Illinois (IL)	62	57%	$17,075	50%	56%	125	0	258	269	0	250	0.0%	218	0.0%	156	152	258	14%	156	30	40
58	Northwestern University (IL)	62	15%	$27,113	95%	94%	246	619	27	23	300	33	1.4%	5	1.7%	27	45	227	14%	151	155	155
59	MO Univ. of Science & Technology (MO)*	62	28%	$14,747	62%	67%	90	42	176	72	65	137	0.2%	159	0.2%	101	155	7	15%	137	155	155
60	University of Georgia (GA)*	62	22%	$9,693	75%	82%	15	245	73	82	233	49	0.2%	162	0.2%	103	58	145	13%	164	43	129
61	Loyola University-Chicago (IL)	62	29%	$28,976	77%	70%	270	43	171	102	51	154	0.4%	119	0.0%	156	47	147	41%	8	22	25
62	University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)*	62	51%	$8,697	55%	54%	23	381	51	132	242	44	0.4%	101	0.3%	100	162	170	9%	230	155	155
63	Colorado State Univ.-Fort Collins (CO)*	62	23%	$12,465	66%	64%	98	331	60	93	176	69	0.2%	194	0.2%	115	32	27	14%	144	27	83
64	Michigan Technological University (MI)*	61	28%	$15,024	63%	65%	112	70	144	54	49	156	1.1%	14	0.2%	117	72	5	12%	181	155	155
65	University of California-Santa Cruz (CA)*	61	42%	$14,238	67%	73%	79	156	103	39	125	93	0.5%	80	0.9%	45	10	258	14%	145	155	155
66	University of Arizona (AZ)*	61	32%	$12,185	52%	61%	39	611	28	74	306	30	0.7%	52	0.9%	48	95	96	19%	104	117	155
67	University of Southern California (CA)	61	18%	$27,541	91%	90%	243	603	29	118	327	26	0.6%	65	1.3%	35	118	93	47%	4	155	155
68	University of Houston (TX)*	61	43%	$11,609	52%	46%	121	114	116	219	170	70	0.4%	131	0.6%	66	203	184	9%	237	7	24
69	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh (PA)*	61	16%	$20,076	80%	79%	205	899	9	71	329	25	0.4%	122	0.5%	72	56	91	20%	90	60	121
70	Florida State University (FL)*	60	28%	$12,464	67%	74%	47	230	78	113	229	51	0.6%	59	0.4%	82	101	85	7%	259	127	100
71	Mississippi State University (MS)*	60	34%	$13,270	60%	60%	100	226	80	121	102	108	0.4%	100	0.1%	144	200	66	29%	40	91	12
72	Auburn University (AL)*	59	14%	$14,087	70%	66%	150	163	100	119	141	87	0.3%	136	0.2%	122	173	12	38%	15	62	41
73	New Mexico State University-Main (NM)*	59	50%	$8,492	39%	46%	8	139	106	163	67	136	0.2%	172	0.0%	156	199	67	21%	78	155	155
74	Stony Brook University (NY)*	59	38%	$11,107	72%	67%	96	211	82	124	224	54	0.6%	56	0.6%	62	220	236	13%	159	114	27
75	University of Kansas (KS)*	59	22%	$14,768	59%	61%	116	303	65	94	182	67	0.4%	98	0.2%	111	71	72	10%	218	17	60
76	University of Arkansas at Little Rock (AR)*	59	54%	$7,134	34%	21%	64	12	218	251	10	230	0.5%	85	0.2%	123	217	232	13%	163	132	34
77	Clarkson University (NY)	59	32%	$24,205	62%	72%	186	18	205	50	31	183	0.8%	31	0.0%	156	115	2	6%	271	155	155
78	University of South Florida-Main (FL)*	58	42%	$12,503	56%	52%	113	395	48	127	219	56	0.5%	73	0.2%	112	145	83	12%	190	89	98
79	New York University (NY)	58	20%	$36,834	91%	86%	278	431	42	86	225	53	0.5%	86	0.7%	60	68	247	28%	42	67	63
80	Jackson State University (MS)*	58	76%	$9,540	35%	40%	17	50	164	154	11	227	0.7%	45	0.0%	156	246	56	13%	174	155	155
81	University of Connecticut (CT)*	58	19%	$14,877	78%	83%	92	254	72	87	238	47	0.3%	149	0.1%	153	84	131	21%	77	9	58
82	Brown University (RI)	58	17%	$22,743	87%	95%	183	344	59	7	160	78	1.4%	4	1.4%	32	20	243	7%	265	155	155
83	West Virginia University (WV)*	58	31%	$8,344	60%	57%	27	166	98	153	138	90	0.1%	213	0.0%	154	189	43	7%	260	56	50
84	University of California-Irvine (CA)*	58	38%	$13,217	77%	85%	49	345	58	79	301	32	0.6%	64	1.4%	31	97	217	9%	229	155	155
85	Adelphi University (NY)	57	36%	$25,516	59%	66%	207	0	255	203	17	213	0.0%	218	0.0%	156	244	250	23%	63	10	1
86	University of San Francisco (CA)	57	31%	$28,853	68%	70%	242	3	240	128	2	245	1.0%	17	0.0%	156	40	101	14%	147	19	21
87	East Tennessee State University (TN)*	57	50%	$13,537	42%	44%	88	10	219	201	4	242	0.0%	218	0.0%	156	222	124	34%	23	133	57
88	University of NC-Greensboro (NC)*	57	45%	$7,375	53%	53%	10	26	191	177	33	179	0.1%	207	0.0%	156	204	205	9%	243	21	46
89	FL Agricultural & Mechanical Univ. (FL)*	57	75%	$9,816	39%	40%	30	53	160	145	15	216	0.2%	192	0.0%	156	235	41	7%	261	155	155
90	University of Montana (MT)*	57	38%	$13,937	48%	47%	123	60	150	175	31	183	0.6%	66	0.0%	156	59	200	22%	66	147	78
91	Penn State-Main (PA)*	57	16%	$21,342	73%	87%	140	795	14	55	514	10	0.7%	34	0.7%	58	81	25	24%	54	155	155
92	University of West Florida (FL)*	57	36%	$9,652	51%	48%	48	22	199	195	0	250	0.3%	156	0.0%	156	135	16	39%	13	155	155
93	Howard University (DC)	57	43%	$16,771	60%	63%	142	42	173	65	65	137	0.3%	150	0.6%	61	34	22	29%	34	155	155
94	George Washington University (DC)	57	13%	$27,793	86%	81%	256	198	87	104	132	92	0.4%	124	0.6%	67	5	64	31%	32	100	47
95	Clark University (MA)	57	19%	$23,926	74%	80%	201	7	226	33	34	178	0.0%	218	1.2%	39	2	249	7%	267	63	7
96	Iowa State University (IA)*	57	23%	$13,554	65%	68%	83	268	69	77	281	34	0.2%	170	0.4%	83	109	53	41%	9	155	155
97	University of Idaho (ID)*	57	38%	$13,253	55%	51%	134	96	126	129	39	170	0.1%	204	0.0%	156	23	35	19%	97	78	43
98	University of Missouri-Columbia (MO)*	56	22%	$15,759	71%	69%	170	231	76	99	187	62	0.1%	208	0.2%	114	88	65	51%	3	155	155
99	Univ. of South Carolina-Columbia (SC)*	56	21%	$15,487	71%	70%	156	202	86	126	151	84	0.5%	78	0.1%	134	124	32	16%	135	18	89
100	Tulane University of Louisiana (LA)	56	13%	$28,855	82%	70%	279	172	94	47	80	123	0.5%	95	0.2%	128	38	84	17%	116	6	8

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