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US News & World Report Graduate Program Comparison

1994 ‐ 2014Year ranking was published

Select Findings from US News and World Report - Engineering Schools

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Rank 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Overall Score 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Peer Assessment Score (5.0 highest) 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9Recruiter Assessment Score (5.0 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7Average Quantitative GRE Score 757 761 760 767 767 774 777 770 775 779 777 779 780 780 783 164 165Acceptance Rate 28.30% 25.4% 39.8% 29.3% 32.8% 32.1% 30.3% 29.5% 29.4% 23.6% 24.0% 25.3% 25.4% 22.2% 23.5% 22.9% 17.9% 18.0% 17.5% 16.4% 15.8%Doctoral Student/ Faculty Ratio 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 5.5 5.6

Faculty in National Academy of Engineering

12.5% 12.2% 12.3% 13.9% 13.4% 13.1% 12.7% 13.2% 12.7% 12.7% 13.1% 12.7% 13.0% 13.2% 13.2% 12.9%

Engineering Research Expenditures (in millions)

$147.4 $143.3 $131.5 $143.5 $161.4 $167.8 $177.0 $178.0 $189.7 $219.0 $241.0 $216.5 $224.8 $234.5 $237.7 $244.1 $266.3 $306.0 $332.5 $362.8 $387.2

Research Expenditures per Faculty Member (in thousands)

$511.5 $528.4 $532.9 $556.3 $623.9 $684.7 $614.9 $622.7 $644.3 $642.5 $659.6 $727.5 $829.3 $901.0 $978.0 $1,018.9

PhDs granted 239 208 243 229 205 206 273 288 328 304 302 297 304 288 324Total Enrollment 2,393 2,364 2,368 2,363 2,350 2,727 2,717 2,662 2,636 2,706 2,702 2,677 2,818 3,163 3,174 Average Analytic GRE Score 702 698 716 697 716 735Rep. Rank by practicing engineers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Reputation rank by academics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Student Selectivity Rank 13 12 16 10 11Research Activity Rank 1 1 1 1 1Faculty Resources Rank 4 5 4 2 3

MIT Engineering

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MIT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0Stanford 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0Univ. California ‐ Berkeley 5 2 3 3 2 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0Cal Tech 6 5 8 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 8 10 7 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 0Carnegie Mellon 10 7 6 8 4 8 8 8 10 11 11 9 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 5 0Georgia Institute of Technology 11 11 9 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 ‐1Univ. Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 4 3 4 3 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 ‐1Purdue 3 10 10 10 8 9 9 13 12 9 8 10 6 12 15 12 13 11 10 8 8 0Univ. Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 7 8 5 7 4 3 4 4 6 6 8 5 6 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 0UT Austin 9 8 11 11 11 10 9 10 10 9 12 12 13 11 11 10 9 8 8 11 10 1Texas A&M ‐ College Station 20 17 17 18 21 14 13 11 12 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 12 13 12 11 11 0USC 21 20 19 14 16 12 12 11 8 6 7 9 7 8 7 10 11 12 9 11 ‐2Cornell 8 6 7 9 8 11 9 9 8 11 10 12 11 10 9 11 10 10 10 13 13 0Columbia 23 24 24 23 20 19 21 21 18 16 15 15 14 1Univ. California ‐ San Diego 23 21 20 15 16 14 11 13 11 11 13 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 0UCLA 17 16 15 14 16 20 21 22 21 19 16 15 15 16 13 14 15 14 16 16 16 0Princeton 16 19 14 21 13 17 16 17 18 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 21 17 17 0Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 13 12 16 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 17 1Univ. California ‐ Santa Barbara 24 24 25 25 22 24 24 21 21 21 19 19 18 19 21 21 20 19 1University of Pennsylvannia 30 27 23 22 23 22 19 3Virginia Tech 25 24 25 25 23 30 33 28 27 25 24 24 24 21 3Northwestern 12 13 13 13 13 15 19 18 20 19 20 21 21 21 20 21 21 20 19 20 22 ‐2Univ Maryland ‐ College Park 25 18 13 17 17 18 19 16 16 17 15 16 17 17 22 22 18 19 22 ‐3Harvard 22 21 25 25 25 21 17 17 19 20 21 23 22 18 19 18 19 23 24 ‐1Penn State 14 15 18 16 18 15 17 14 15 21 21 19 19 21 23 23 23 25 25 25 25 0Univ. Washington 24 22 25 24 21 23 24 27 28 27 26 25 26 ‐1Johns Hopkins 25 23 17 21 25 24 24 22 21 21 26 27 25 25 26 26 25 27 ‐2Univ. Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 15 14 12 18 20 23 20 21 22 28 23 24 23 28 27 28 29 28 1Duke University 35 35 33 31 28 28 29 ‐1North Carolina State 30 31 30 31 31 29 29 0Ohio State 19 18 20 22 25 20 22 24 24 26 26 29 27 25 29 30 29 31 ‐2University of California Davis 32 33 32 31 31 33 31 2Rice 24 25 29 30 35 34 33 34 31 32 33 ‐1Univ. Colorado ‐ Boulder 22 39 40 39 40 39 36 35 34 34 0Vanderbilt 37 37 35 34 34 0Yale 39 40 39 35 34 34 34 0University of Rochester 32 38 37 42 41 38 37 1Renesselaer 18 21 24 20 18 17 19 25 37 36 32 31 35 37 42 38 38 0University of California ‐ Irvine 37 35 36 39 39 37 38 ‐1Boston University 42 39 38 38 40 ‐2University of Virginia 38 37 39 39 39 38 40 ‐2Univ. Florida 23 25 26 26 24 25 30 30 35 38 42 ‐4Arizona State University 44 44 43 44 43 1University of Pittsburgh 48 52 47 45 43 2Lehigh University 42 43 43 45 45 0Brown University 46 48 46 2Case Western Reserve University 47 45 47 51 46 5Iowa State University 45 45 43 43 46 ‐3Notre Dame 52 49 45 46 ‐1Washington University in St. Louis 48 49 49 48 46 2Rutgers‐ New Brunswick 49 51 53 ‐2University of Utah 54 51 53 ‐2

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MIT Specialties within Engineering


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MIT 1 1 1 MIT 1 1 1Stanford 2 Stanford 1 1 1Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 3 2 2 Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 3 3 1Carnegie Mellon 5 3 4 Cal Tech 7 5 4Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 4 4 5 Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 7 3 4Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 7 5 6 Georgia Institute of Technology 5 5 6Georgia Institute of Technology 6 5 7 Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 6 7 7Cornell 9 5 8 Carnegie Mellon 3 7 8Purdue 12 10 9 Princeton University 12 9University of Texas ‐ Austin 11 5 9 Cornell 9 7 10Princeton University 9 9 11 Purdue 10 10 10Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 16 12 11 University of Texas ‐ Austin 10 12University of Southern California 14 12 13 Texas A & M 25 13University of Wisconsin ‐ Madison 17 11 13 University of Southern California 14 13University of Maryland ‐ College Park 18 15 15 Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 16 15University of Washington 14 12 15 University of Maryland ‐ College Park 16 15Columbia University 18 16 17 University of Wisconsin ‐ Madison 16 15Ohio State 26 19 18 Ohio State 25 18Rice 23 16 18 UCLA 14 18University of California Santa Barbara 18 19 18 University of California Santa Barbara 21 18Johns Hopkins 22 21 Johns Hopkins 13 21Northwestern 25 21 Rice 19 21Penn State 21 University of Minnesota‐Twin Cities 21Texas A & M 30 16 21 Columbia University 19 24University of Minnesotta ‐ Twin Cities 22 21 Penn State 25 24University of Penn 21 University of Washington 21 24Duke University 25 27 Arizona State University 27Harvard 26 22 27 Duke 27North Carolina State 27 27 Harvard 25 27Virginia Tech 23 19 27 Northeastern University 27Univ Cal ‐ Irvine 31 RPI 25 27Brown University 31 University of Penn 27RPI 26 27 35 Virginia Tech 21 27

Peer Rankings Computer EngineeringPeer Rankings Electrical / Electronic / Communications

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Rank 2 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 5

Overall Score 99.7 100 99.9 98.7 99 95 98 96 92 94 96 93 93 95 93 92 94 93 93 97 95

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Recruiter Assessment Score (5.0 highest)

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Average Undergrad GPA 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.57 3.57 3.51 3.53 3.58

Average GMAT Score 650 650 650 650 675 690 700 710 703 707 710 697 700 702 705 708 711 718 710 710 713

Acceptance Rate 20.6% 23.2% 19.6% 15.1% 13.8% 13.4% 14.9% 17.5% 18.1% 13.7% 18.2% 20.8% 22.0% 20.1% 19.7% 15.0% 14.2% 13.0% 13.3% 15.6% 13.1%

Starting Salary and Bonus $65,000 $68,000 $75,000 $78,000 $75,000 $100,000 $101,323 $112,741 $118,381 $101,922 $99,539 $104,309 $112,632 $118,779 $127,839 $131,087 $125,707 $125,905 $132,618 $139,035 $137,057

Graduates Employed at Graduation

97.1% 97.2% 93.2% 85.1% 72.9% 77.0% 80.0% 77.9% 84.4% 86.9% 79.0% 69.5% 75.6% 80.8% 84.5% 80.9%

Employed 3 months after graduation

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Out‐of‐State Tuition and Fees $20,500 $21,690 $22,700 $23,900 $25,800 $27,100 $28,200 $29,860 $31,200 $32,470 $34,780 $37,050 $40,044 $42,564 $44,792 $47,034 $48,922 $50,625 $52,900 $58,200 $61,440

Total Enrollment 708 713 714 733 744 765 785 752 781 770 788 792 797 804 816 819

Reputation rank by academics 3 1 1 1 2 2 4

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Student Selectivity Rank 2 3 4 9 2

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MIT Specialties within Business


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Harvard 1 1 2 3 1 1 0MIT 1 1 1 1 1 1 0Princeton 1 4 2 3 1 1 0Univ of Chicago 1 4 2 1 1 1 0Stanford 1 1 2 3 5 5 0Univ. of Cal ‐ Berkeley 6 4 6 3 6 5 1Northwestern 8 8 8 8 8 7 1Yale 6 7 7 7 6 7 ‐1Univ of Pennsylvania 8 9 9 9 9 9 0Columbia 12 14 14 11 10 10 0NYU 25 21 19 15 12 11 1Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 10 10 11 15 10 11 ‐1Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 10 12 11 11 12 13 ‐1Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 12 10 10 11 14 13 1Cal Tech 17 14 14 17 14 15 ‐1UCLA 12 12 11 11 14 15 ‐1Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 17 14 17 10 14 15 ‐1Cornell 15 18 17 17 18 18 0Brown 21 21 21 21 19 19 0Carnegie Mellon 19 19 19 20 19 19 0Duke 20 19 21 21 19 19 0Univ of Maryland ‐ College Park 23 24 24 21 22 22 0Univ Rochester 15 14 14 19 22 22 0Boston Univ 25 25 24 24 0Johns Hopkins 21 21 24 24 25 24 1UT Austin 25 21 25 25 26 ‐1Univ of Virginia 25 25 28 30 ‐2

Peer Rankings Economics


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Peer Rankings Political Science


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Peer Rankings Chemistry


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Artificial Intelligence 1 1 1 1 1 3 ‐2

Programming Language 4 4 4 4 0

Systems 2 2 2 2 2 0

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Cal Tech 1 1 1 1 1 0MIT 2 2 2 1 2 ‐1Stanford 3 3 2 4 3 1Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 4 3 4 3 3 0Columbia 6 5 5 5 5 0Penn State ‐ University Park 16 7 7 6 6 0Univ Arizona 9 7 8 7 7 0Harvard 7 7 9 8 8 0Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 5 5 5 9 8 1UT Austin 9 11 9 9 8 1Princeton 9 11 11 9 11 ‐2Univ Washington 16 18 11 13 11 2Univ Cal ‐ Los Angeles 9 11 11 17 13 4Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 19 17 15 13 13 0Yale 9 20 11 12 13 ‐1Brown 20 18 19 17 16 1Cornell 9 11 15 13 16 ‐3Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 16 11 15 17 16 1Univ Cal ‐ Santa Cruz 22 23 19 13 16 ‐3Arizonia State University 17 20 ‐3Univ Cal ‐ Davis 25 25 21 17 20 ‐3Univ Chicago 7 10 15 17 20 ‐3Univ Cal ‐ Santa Barbara 21 21 21 23 23 0Univ Colorado ‐ Boulder 25 23 23 0Colorado School of Mines 25 25 0Rice 25 25 25 25 0Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 22 21 21 28 25 3University of Sourthern Cal 25 25 0Washington Univ 22 23 25 28 25 3Johns Hopkins 9 11 21 28 30 ‐2Virginia Tech 28 30 ‐2* Program = Geology

Peer Rankings Earth Sciences (prior to 2006 category was Geology)


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Environmental Sciences NR

Geochemistry 5 4 4 2 10 ‐8

Geology 2 2 2 7 7 ‐5

Geophysics and Seismology 2 2 2 2 4 0

Paleontology NR NR NR NR NR

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MIT 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0Princeton 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1Harvard 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 ‐1Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 ‐1Stanford 5 2 2 2 2 2 5 ‐3Univ of Chicago 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 1Cal Tech 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 0UCLA 12 12 10 12 12 8 7 1Columbia 11 12 13 11 9 10 9 1NYU 9 9 10 7 9 10 9 1Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 9 9 8 7 9 8 9 ‐1Yale 6 6 7 7 7 10 9 1Cornell 12 9 10 12 13 13 13 0Brown 16 16 21 15 14 14 14 0Univ Texas ‐ Austin 16 14 15 15 14 14 14 0Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 12 14 13 14 14 16 14 2Duke 25 25 21 21 24 17 7Northwestern 24 21 21 21 18 16 17 ‐1Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 19 17 16 17 18 20 17 3Univ Maryland ‐ College Park 19 21 16 20 21 20 17 3Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 15 17 16 17 17 18 17 1Univ Pennsylvania 19 21 16 17 18 18 17 1Rutgers ‐ New Brunswick 16 17 16 21 24 20 23 ‐3Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 19 17 21 21 24 20 23 ‐3Johns Hopkins 25 21 21 24 25 ‐1SUNY ‐ Stony Brook 19 21 21 26 24 24 25 ‐1Univ Washington 24 25 29 24 27 25 2Georgia Tech 30 28 2Ohio State University 30 28 2Penn State 28 27 28 ‐1Purdue 24 25 26 28 27 28 ‐1Rice 25 26 28 30 28 2Indiana University Bloomington 28 30 34 ‐4

Peer Ranking Mathematics


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Algebra/Number Theory/Algebraic Geometry

4 6 6 5 5 0

Analysis 3 3 6 5 ‐3

Applied Math 1 1 2 2 3 4 ‐1

Discrete Mathematics and Combinations

1 1 1 1 0

Geometry* 4 2 3 4 2 ‐1

Logic 5 NR 9 NR NR

Topology* 4 3 5 4 4 1

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MIT 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0Cal Tech 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 ‐1Harvard 1 3 3 4 3 1 2 ‐1Princeton 4 3 3 4 3 5 2 3Stanford 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 ‐1Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 4 3 3 4 3 5 2 3Cornell 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 0Univ Chicago 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 0Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 0Univ Cal ‐ Santa Barbara 13 10 10 10 10 10 10 0Columbia 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 0Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 14 13 13 13 13 11 11 0Yale 10 10 12 13 11 11 11 0Univ Maryland ‐ College Park 14 14 13 15 13 14 14 0Univ Texas ‐ Austin 11 14 13 11 16 14 14 0Johns Hopkins 23 21 20 22 20 19 16 3Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 17 18 16 16 16 14 16 ‐2Univ Pennsylvania 17 18 20 16 13 17 16 1UCLA 17 14 16 16 16 19 18 1Univ Colorado ‐ Boulder 25 20 16 20 19 18 1Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 17 18 16 16 16 17 18 ‐1Univ Washington 14 14 16 16 20 19 22 ‐3Ohio State 23 25 24 24 26 23 23 0Penn State 23 23 23 0SUNY ‐ Stony Brook 17 21 23 22 23 23 23 0Northwestern University 26 30 26 4Rice 26 26 0Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 25 24 24 27 23 26 26 0Brown 30 29 1Duke 30 29 1Georgia Tech 30 29 1Rutgers ‐ New Brunswick 22 21 24 24 26 26 29 ‐3U Cal Davis 26 29 ‐3U Cal Irvine 30 29 1Carnegie Mellon 30 36 ‐6

Peer Rankings Physics


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Atomic / Molecular / Optical*

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Condensed Matter 2 2 4 2 1 3 ‐2

Cosmology /Relativity /Gravity

4 6 7 7 0

Elementary Particles/Fields/String Theory**

NR 2 5 1 6 5 1

Nuclear** 1 2 1 1 2 3 ‐1

Plasma* 1 1 2 2 3 ‐1

Quantum 1 1 1 3 ‐2

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Change from

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Stanford 1 1 1 1 0UCLA 6 5 3 2 1Univ Cal ‐ Berkeley 6 2 1 2 ‐1Harvard 6 5 3 4 ‐1Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 2 2 3 4 ‐1Yale 3 4 3 4 ‐1Princeton 11 5 8 7 1Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana Champaign 3 5 7 7 0MIT 11 12 11 9 2Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 11 16 8 9 ‐1Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 9 9 8 9 ‐1Univ North Carolina ‐ Chapel Hill 17 22 13 12 1Univ Pennsylvannia 15 16 11 12 ‐1Columbia 11 16 17 14 3Cornell 15 16 17 14 3Northwestern 17 22 17 14 3Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 17 16 17 14 3Univ Washington 17 22 13 14 ‐1UT Austin 17 12 13 14 ‐1Washington Univ 39 36 13 14 ‐1Carnegie Mellon 9 9 17 21 ‐4Duke 24 16 23 21 2Ohio State 24 9 17 21 ‐4Univ Cal ‐ Davis 61 47 23 21 2Univ Chicago 30 28 23 21 2Brown Univ 30 36 29 26 3Indiana Univ ‐ Bloomington 17 22 23 26 ‐3Johns Hopkins 24 22 23 26 ‐3Univ Virginia 17 28 23 26 ‐3NYU 30 36 29 30 ‐1Penn State 39 36 29 30 ‐1Univ Cal ‐ Irvine 30 22 29 30 ‐1Univ Colorado ‐ Boulder 30 28 29 30 ‐1Univ Iowa 45 47 29 30 ‐1Vanderbilt 39 36 29 30 ‐1

Peer Rankings Psychology


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Behavioral Neuroscience 4 6 2 4

Cognitive Psychology 9 6 5 10 ‐5

Developmental Psychology NR NR NR NR

Experimental Psychology NR NR 5

Industrial and Organizational Psychology NR NR NR NR

Social Psychology NR NR NR

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Princeton 1 1 2 1 1 0Univ. of Cal ‐ Berkeley 3 3 2 1 1 0Yale 1 1 1 1 1 0Harvard 7 8 4 5 4 1Stanford 4 3 4 1 4 ‐3Univ Chicago 4 5 4 5 4 1Columbia 7 5 7 7 7 0Univ Michigan ‐ Ann Arbor 6 5 7 7 7 0UCLA 7 9 9 9 9 0Univ Pennsylvania 14 13 13 9 9 0Cornell 10 10 11 12 11 1Johns Hopkins 10 10 9 9 11 ‐2Univ North Carolina ‐ Chapel Hill 13 13 13 12 11 1Duke 14 15 15 14 14 0Northwestern 18 15 17 14 14 0Univ Wisconsin ‐ Madison 10 10 11 14 14 0Univ Texas ‐ Austin 18 22 19 17 17 0Brown 16 15 15 17 18 ‐1NYU 24 22 17 18 ‐1Rutgers 21 19 17 20 20 0Univ Illinois ‐ Urbana‐Champaign 18 22 22 22 20 2Univ Virginia 21 15 19 20 20 0Indiana Univ ‐ Bloomington 17 19 19 22 23 ‐1Ohio State Univ 25 24 24 0Univ Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 23 19 22 24 24 0Vanderbilt 26 24 2Emory 25 25 28 27 1MIT 28 27 1Univ Cal ‐ Davis 28 27 1CUNY Grad School & Univ Center 25 28 30 ‐2Georgetown 30Rice University 30Univ Cal ‐ San Diego 30Univ Washington 24 26 30 ‐4Washington Univ 28 30 ‐2

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