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college rankings for 2014 have been out for a while now, so I'm a bit late reporting the results.
All the ranking entities have their own set of criteria and claim to be objective, but unless
there is a mutually agreed upon standard, let's face it, they all have a component of subjectivity
in the ordering. I'm not going to tackle the validity of methods used, but instead will present
the data. Note, however, that it is worth doing a quick read through the stated methods since
some are based on institutional research and others rely solely on student surveys. Some rate
only schools whose highest degree offered is a Bachelor's, while others include graduate and post
graduate schools. Being that RF Cafe is viewed by a worldwide audience, I have included information
on global rankings as well.
Schools are located in the USA unless otherwise noted.
| Rank |
Accredited Schools Online |
QS World University |
Times Higher Education |
US News & World Report |
| 1 |
U.S. Naval Academy |
Mass. Inst. of Tech. (MIT) |
Mass. Inst. of Tech. |
Mass. Inst. of Tech. |
| 2 |
Harvey Mudd College |
Stanford Univ. |
Stanford Univ. |
Stanford Univ. |
| 3 |
Stanford Univ. |
Univ. of Calif. Berkeley |
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley |
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley |
| 4 |
U.S. Military Acad. (W. Point) |
Univ. of Cambridge, UK |
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Calif. Inst. of Tech. |
| 5 |
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley |
ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
Princeton Univ. |
Georgia Inst. of Tech. |
| 6 |
Calif. Inst. of Tech. |
Nat'l. U. of Singapore, Singapore |
Univ. of Cambridge, UK |
Univ. of Ill. Urbana |
| 7 |
Tufts Univ. |
Univ. of Oxford, UK |
Univ. of Oxford, UK |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
| 8 |
Univ. of Virginia |
Imp. College of London, UK |
ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
Cornell Univ. |
| 9 |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
Harvard Univ. |
Calif. Inst. of Tech. (Caltech) |
Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor |
| 10 |
Mass. Inst. of Tech. |
Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore |
Univ. of Calif. LA (UCLA) |
Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette |
| 11 |
SUNY Maritime College |
HK Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China |
Georgia Inst. of Tech. |
Univ. of Texas, Austin |
| 12 |
Harvard Univ. |
Tsinghua Univ., China |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. |
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| 13 |
Univ. of Texas, Austin |
Univ. of Calif. LA (UCLA) |
Nat'l. U. of Singapore, Singapore |
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| 14 |
Cornell Univ. |
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan |
Univ. of Texas, Austin |
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| 15 |
Northwestern Univ. |
Calif. Inst. of Tech. (Caltech) |
École Poly. Féd. d Laus., France |
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Posted May 5, 2014
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