| #1 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 4.9 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4.8 |
| #3 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 4.6 |
| #3 | University of California—Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 4.6 |
| #5 | Columbia University | Palisades, NY | 4.5 |
| #6 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park | University Park, PA | 4.4 |
| #7 | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 4.3 |
| #8 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 4.2 |
| #8 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 4.2 |
| #8 | University of Texas—Austin | Austin, TX | 4.2 |
| #11 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 4.1 |
| #11 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 4.1 |
| #13 | University of California—Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 4.0 |
| #13 | University of Wisconsin—Madison | Madison, WI | 4.0 |
| #13 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | 4.0 |
| #16 | Brown University | Providence, RI | 3.9 |
| #16 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 3.9 |
| #16 | University of California—San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 3.9 |
| #16 | University of California—Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 3.9 |
| #20 | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | 3.8 |
| #20 | University of California—Davis | Davis, CA | 3.8 |
| #20 | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 3.8 |
| #23 | University of California—Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | 3.7 |
| #23 | University of Colorado—Boulder | Boulder, CO | 3.7 |
| #25 | Colorado School of Mines | Golden, CO | 3.6 |
| #25 | Rice University | Houston, TX | 3.6 |
| #25 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | 3.6 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | 3.6 |
| #25 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 3.6 |
| #30 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 3.5 |
| #30 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | 3.5 |
| #32 | Texas A&M University—College Station | College Station, TX | 3.4 |
| #32 | University of Maryland—College Park | College Park, MD | 3.4 |
| #34 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | 3.3 |
| #34 | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | 3.3 |
| #34 | Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | 3.3 |
| #34 | Stony Brook University—SUNY | Stony Brook, NY | 3.3 |
| #34 | University of California—Irvine | Irvine, CA | 3.3 |
| #34 | University of Hawaii—Manoa | Honolulu, HI | 3.3 |
| #34 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 3.3 |
| #34 | University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | 3.3 |
| #42 | Duke University | Durham, NC | 3.2 |
| #42 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 3.2 |
| #42 | Indiana University—Bloomington | Bloomington, IN | 3.2 |
| #42 | Purdue University—West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | 3.2 |
| #42 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 3.2 |
| #42 | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 3.2 |
| #42 | University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | 3.2 |
| #49 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Socorro, NM | 3.1 |
| #49 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick | Piscataway, NJ | 3.1 |
| #49 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—Newark | Newark, NJ | 3.1 |
| #49 | University of Massachusetts—Amherst | Amherst, MA | 3.1 |
| #49 | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | 3.1 |
| #54 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | 3.0 |
| #54 | University of Alaska—Fairbanks | Fairbanks, AK | 3.0 |
| #54 | University of California—Riverside | Riverside, CA | 3.0 |
| #54 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 3.0 |
| #54 | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | 3.0 |
| #54 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 3.0 |
| #60 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | 2.9 |
| #60 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 2.9 |
| #60 | University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | 2.9 |
| #60 | University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | 2.9 |
| #64 | Boston University | Boston, MA | 2.8 |
| #64 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | 2.8 |
| #64 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | 2.8 |
| #64 | University of Houston | Houston, TX | 2.8 |
| #64 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 2.8 |
| #69 | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | 2.7 |
| #69 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | 2.7 |
| #69 | University of Delaware | Newark, DE | 2.7 |
| #69 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | 2.7 |
| #69 | University of Nevada—Reno | Reno, NV | 2.7 |
| #69 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | 2.7 |
| #69 | University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | 2.7 |
| #69 | Washington State University | Pullman, WA | 2.7 |
| #77 | Binghamton University—SUNY | Binghamton, NY | 2.6 |
| #77 | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | 2.6 |
| #77 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | 2.6 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | 2.6 |
| #77 | Montana State University | Bozeman, MT | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of Illinois—Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of New Hampshire | Durham, NH | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | 2.6 |
| #77 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | 2.6 |
| #88 | Boise State University | Boise, ID | 2.5 |
| #88 | Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | 2.5 |
| #88 | St. Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | 2.5 |
| #88 | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | 2.5 |
| #88 | University at Buffalo—SUNY | Buffalo, NY | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Maine | Orono, ME | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Montana | Missoula, MT | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Nevada—Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | 2.5 |
| #88 | University of Texas—El Paso | El Paso, TX | 2.5 |
| #102 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | New York, NY | 2.4 |
| #102 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | 2.4 |
| #102 | University of Idaho | Moscow, ID | 2.4 |
| #102 | University of Texas—Dallas | Richardson, TX | 2.4 |
| #106 | Baylor University | Waco, TX | 2.3 |
| #106 | Florida International University | Miami, FL | 2.3 |
| #106 | Miami University | Oxford, OH | 2.3 |
| #106 | University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | 2.3 |
| #110 | Missouri University of Science & Technology | Rolla, MO | 2.2 |
| #110 | University of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | 2.2 |
| #110 | West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV | 2.2 |
| #113 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL | 2.1 |
| #113 | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | 2.1 |
| #113 | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | 2.1 |
| #113 | Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, MI | 2.1 |
| #117 | University at Albany—SUNY | Albany, NY | 2.0 |
| #117 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | 2.0 |
| #117 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | 2.0 |
