Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 4.7
2. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 4.6
3. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.5
4. University of Washington 4.4
5. Duke University (NC) 4.2
University of Pennsylvania 4.2
7. Boston University 4.1
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.0
9. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.9
10. Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.8
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 3.8
12. Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 3.6
University of Virginia 3.6
14. University of California–Berkeley ? 3.5
University of Pittsburgh 3.5
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) 3.5
17. Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.4
18. Stanford University (CA) 3.3
University of Texas–Austin 3.3
University of Utah 3.3
21. University of California–Davis 3.2
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.2
23. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.1
24. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.0
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.0
University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.0
28. Cornell University (NY) 2.9
University of Southern California (Viterbi) 2.9
30. California Institute of Technology 2.8
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 2.8
Drexel University (PA) 2.8
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.8
Tulane University (LA) 2.8
University of Rochester (NY) 2.8
36. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 2.7
SUNY–Stony Brook 2.7
Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) 2.7
39. CUNY–City College 2.6
Marquette University (WI) 2.6
University of California–Irvine (Samueli) 2.6
42. Clemson University (SC) 2.5
University of Alabama–Birmingham 2.5
University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) 2.5
University of Iowa 2.5
Yale University (CT) 2.5
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Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8
3. California Institute of Technology 4.6
4. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.2
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.2
6. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 4.1
7. Cornell University (NY) 3.8
Princeton University (NJ) 3.8
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.8
University of Texas–Austin 3.8
11. Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) 3.6
University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) 3.6
13. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.5
University of Colorado–Boulder 3.5
15. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) 3.4
University of Southern California (Viterbi) 3.4
17. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.3
Virginia Tech 3.3
19. Ohio State University 3.2
University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 3.2
University of Washington 3.2
22. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.1
University of California–Davis 3.1
24. Iowa State University 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.0
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.0
27. North Carolina State University 2.8
University of California–Irvine (Samueli) 2.8
29. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 2.7
University of Florida 2.7
31. Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.6
University of Arizona 2.6
University of Cincinnati 2.6
University of Virginia 2.6
35. Air Force Institute of Technology (OH) 2.5
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) 2.5
University at Buffalo–SUNY 2.5
University of Kansas 2.5
Wichita State University (KS) 2.5