| School |
U. S.
and World Report Ranking |
| 1. University
of Iowa |
4.5 |
| 2. John
Hopkins University (MD) |
4.2 |
| 3. University
of Houston (TX) |
4.2 |
| 4. Columbia
University (NY) |
4.1 |
| 5. University
of Virginia |
4.1 |
| 6. New
York University |
4.0 |
| 7. University
of California, Irvine (CA) |
4.0 |
| 8. University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI) |
4.0 |
| 9. University
of Arizona |
3.9 |
| 10. Boston
University |
3.8 |
| 11. Cornell
University |
3.8 |
| 12. University
of Massachusetts, Amherst (MA) |
3.8 |
| 13. University
of Montana (MT) |
3.8 |
| 14. University
of Washington |
3.8 |
| 15. Washington
University (MO) |
3.8 |
| 16. Brown
University (RI) |
3.7 |
| 17. Indiana
University, Bloomington (IN) |
3.7 |
| 18. University
of Arkansas (AR) |
3.7 |
| 19. University
of Utah |
3.7 |
| 20. Arizona
State University |
3.6 |
| 21. Emerson
College (MA) |
3.6 |
| 22. George
Mason University (VA) |
3.6 |
| 23. Hollins
College (VA) |
3.6 |
| 24. Sarah
Lawrence College (NY) |
3.6 |
| 25. Syracuse
University (NY) |
3.6 |
| 26. University
of Florida |
3.6 |
| 27. University
of Maryland, College Park (MD) |
3.6 |
| 28. University
of Pittsburgh |
3.6 |
| 29. Warren
Wilson College (NC) |
3.6 |
| 30. University
of California, Davis (CA) |
3.5 |
| 31. University
of Southern Mississippi (MS) |
3.5 |
| 32. University
of Texas, Austin (TX) |
3.5 |
| 33. Iowa
State University |
3.4 |
| 34. University
of Missouri, Columbia (MO) |
3.4 |
| 35. University
of Oregon |
3.4 |
| 36. University
of Southern California (CA) |
3.4 |
| 37. Bennington
College (CT) |
3.3 |
| 38. CUNY--City
College of New York (NY) |
3.3 |
| 39. Florida
State University |
3.3 |
| 40. Ohio
University |
3.3 |
| 41. Ohio
State University |
3.3 |
| 42. Penn
State University, University Park (PA) |
3.3 |
| 43. University
of Alabama (AL) |
3.3 |
| 44. University
of Denver (CO) |
3.3 |
| 45. University
of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC) |
3.3 |
| 46. San Francisco
State University |
3.2 |
| 47. University
of Cincinnati |
3.2 |
| 48. University
of New Hampshire |
3.2 |
| 49. Western
Michigan University (MI) |
3.2 |
| 50. American
University (DC) |
3.1 |
| 51. Colorado
State University (CO) |
3.1 |
| 52. Eastern
Washington University |
3.1 |
| 53. Georgia State
University |
3.1 |
| 54. New
Mexico State University (NM) |
3.1 |
| 55. Saint
Mary's College of California |
3.1 |
| 56. San
Diego State University |
3.1 |
| 57. Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale (IL) |
3.1 |
| 58. Temple University
(PA) |
3.1 |
| 59. University
of Colorado, Boulder (CO) |
3.1 |
| 60. Virginia
Commonwealth University |
3.1 |
| 61. Wichita State
University (KS) |
3.1 |
| 62. Brooklyn
College (NY) |
3.0 |
| 63. California State
University, Fresno (CA) |
3.0 |
| 64. Mills
College (CA) |
3.0 |
| 65. SUNY,
Albany |
3.0 |
| 66. University
of Georgia |
3.0 |
| 67. University
of Hawaii, Mano (HW) |
3.0 |
| 68. University
of Illinois, Urbana--Champaign (IL) |
3.0 |
| 69. University
of Minnesota (MN) |
3.0 |
| 70. Vermont
College of Norwich University (VT) |
3.0 |
| 71. SUNY--Binghamton
(NY) |
3.0 |
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