From i.c..hku.hk/~tse/topten.html TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN USA According to America's Best Colleges, US News, 2008: Rank
University
1
Princeton University
2
Harvard University
3
Yale University
4
Stanford University
5
California Institute of Technology
5
University of Pennsylvania
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8
Duke University
9
University of Chicago
9
Columbia University
From http://www.infozee.com/channels/ms/usa/top-rankings.htm List of top 50 engineering universities in USA: U.S. News Rank
University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Stanford University (CA)
3
University of California–Berkeley
4
Georgia Institute of Technology
4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
6
California Institute of Technology
6
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
8
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
9
Cornell University (NY)
9
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
9
University of Texas–Austin
12
University of Southern California
13
Texas A&M University–College Station
14
University of Wisconsin–Madison
15
University of California–San Diego
16
Princeton University (NJ)
17
Penn State University–University Park
17
University of Maryland–College Park
19
Northwestern University (IL)
19
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
21
University of California–Los Angeles
22
Ohio State University
23
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
24
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
25
Harvard University (MA)
25
University of California–Santa Barbara
25
Virginia Tech
28
North Carolina State University
28
Rice University (TX)
30
University of Colorado–Boulder
31
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)
31
University of Washington
33
Duke University (NC)
33
University of Pennsylvania
35
University of Florida
36
University of California–Davis
36
University of Virginia
38
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
38
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)
40
Iowa State University
40
Lehigh University (PA)
40
Washington University in St. Louis
43
Michigan State University
44
University of Arizona
44
University of Rochester (NY)
44
Yale University (CT)
47
University of Delaware
47
University of New Mexico
49
Arizona State University
49
University of Massachusetts–Amherst