National Universities (in order of rank or tie)
- Princeton University (NJ)
- Harvard University (MA)
- University of Chicago (IL) (tie)
- Yale University (CT) (tie)
- Columbia University (NY) (tie)
- Stanford University (CA) (tie)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Duke University (NC) (tie)
- University of Pennsylvania (tie)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
National Liberal Arts Colleges
- Williams College (MA)
- Amherst College (MA)
- Wellesley College (MA)
- Middlebury College (VT) (tie)
- Swarthmore College (PA) (tie)
- Bowdoin College (ME)
- Carleton College (MN) (tie)
- Pomona College (CA) (tie)
- Claremont McKenna College (CA) (tie)
- Davidson College (NC) (tie)
Top Public Schools
- University of California–Berkeley
- University of California–Los Angeles (tie)
- University of Virginia (tie)
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
- William and Mary
- Georgia Tech
- University of California–Santa Barbara
- University of California–Irvine
- University of California–Davis
- University of California–San Diego
- University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign