Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.8 2 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.6 3 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.4 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 6 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.8 8 University of California, Davis 3.7 8 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.7 10 University of California, San Diego 3.6 11 Penn State University, University Park 3.5 11 University of Washington 3.5 13 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.4 14 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.3 14 University of California, Los Angeles 3.3 14 University of Maryland, College Park 3.3 17 University of Florida 3.2 17 Iowa State University 3.2 17 University of California, Irvine 3.2 20 Michigan State University 3.1 20 Ohio State University 3.1 22 University of Iowa 3.0 23 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.9 23 University of Arizona 2.9 23 University of Virginia 2.9 26 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.6 26 University of Pittsburgh 2.6 28 University of Kansas 2.5 2010 ranking of the Top 65 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.7 2 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.6 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.1 4 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 7 University of California, San Diego 3.7 8 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.6 9 Penn State University, University Park 3.5 9 University of California, Davis 3.5 9 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.5 9 University of Washington 3.5 13 University of Maryland, College Park 3.4 14 University of Florida 3.3 14 University of California, Los Angeles 3.3 14 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.3 17 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.2 18 Iowa State University 3.1 19 Ohio State University 3.0 19 University of Arizona 3.0 19 University of Virginia 3.0 22 Michigan State University 2.9 22 University of California, Irvine 2.9 22 University of Iowa 2.9 25 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.8 26 University of Kansas 2.5 26 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.5 26 University of Pittsburgh 2.5 2009 ranking of the Top 65 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.7 1 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.7 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.2 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 6 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.8 8 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.6 8 University of Washington 3.6 8 University of California, Davis 3.6 8 University of California, San Diego 3.6 12 Penn State University, University Park 3.5 12 University of Maryland, College Park 3.5 14 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.4 15 University of California, Los Angeles 3.3 16 University of Florida 3.2 16 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.2 18 Iowa State University 3.1 18 University of Virginia 3.1 20 University of Arizona 3.0 20 Michigan State University 3.0 20 Ohio State University 3.0 20 University of California, Irvine 3.0 24 University of Iowa 2.9 24 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.9 26 University of Kansas 2.6 27 University of Pittsburgh 2.5 27 University of Missouri, Columbia 2.5 27 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.5 2008 ranking of the Top 77 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.8 2 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.6 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.2 4 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.2 6 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.8 6 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.8 9 Penn State University, University Park 3.6 9 University of Washington 3.6 11 University of California, Davis 3.5 11 University of California, San Diego 3.5 11 University of Maryland, College Park 3.5 14 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.4 15 University of California, Los Angeles 3.3 15 University of Florida 3.3 17 University of Arizona 3.2 18 Iowa State University 3.1 18 Michigan State University 3.1 18 Ohio State University 3.1 18 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.1 22 University of California, Irvine 3.0 22 University of Iowa 3.0 22 University of Virginia 3.0 25 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.8 26 University of Pittsburgh 2.6 27 University of Kansas 2.5 27 University of Missouri, Columbia 2.5 27 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.5 2007 ranking of the Top 75 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.7 1 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.7 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.2 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.0 6 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.8 8 University of California, Davis 3.7 9 Penn State University, University Park 3.6 9 University of California, San Diego 3.6 9 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.6 9 University of Washington 3.6 13 University of Maryland, College Park 3.5 14 University of Florida 3.4 14 University of California, Irvine 3.4 14 University of California, Los Angeles 3.4 14 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.4 18 Iowa State University 3.2 18 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.2 20 Ohio State University 3.1 20 University of Arizona 3.1 20 University of Iowa 3.1 20 University of Virginia 3.1 24 Michigan State University 3.0 25 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.9 26 University of Kansas 2.7 27 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.6 28 University of Missouri, Columbia 2.5 28 University of Pittsburgh 2.5 2006 ranking of the Top 74 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities Score 1 University of California, Berkeley 4.8 1 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 4.8 3 University of Texas, Austin 4.6 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4.4 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4.1 6 Texas A&M University, College Station 3.9 6 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3.9 8 University of California, Davis 3.7 8 University of California, San Diego 3.7 8 University of Washington 3.7 8 University of Wisconsin, Madison 3.7 12 Penn State University, University Park 3.6 12 University of Colorado, Boulder 3.6 14 University of California, Los Angeles 3.4 14 University of Maryland, College Park 3.4 16 Iowa State University 3.3 16 University of California, Irvine 3.3 18 University of Florida 3.2 18 Ohio State University 3.2 18 University at Buffalo, SUNY 3.2 21 University of Arizona 3.1 21 University of Iowa 3.1 21 University of Virginia 3.1 24 Michigan State University 3.0 25 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 2.8 25 University of Kansas 2.8 27 University of Pittsburgh 2.7 28 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2.6 29 University of Missouri, Columbia 2.5 2005 ranking of the Top 78 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities 1 University of California, Berkeley 2 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3 University of Texas, Austin 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 4 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 6 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 7 Texas A&M University, College Station 8 University of California, Davis 8 University of Washington 10 Penn State University, University Park 10 University of Wisconsin, Madison 12 University of Colorado, Boulder 13 University of Maryland, College Park 14 University of Florida 14 Iowa State University 14 University of Iowa 17 Ohio State University 17 University of California, Irvine 17 University of California, Los Angeles 20 Michigan State University 20 University of Arizona 20 University of Virginia 23 University at Buffalo, SUNY 23 University of Kansas 25 Rutgers State University, New Brunswick 25 University of Missouri, Columbia 25 University of Nebraska, Lincoln 25 University of Pittsburgh 2004 ranking of the Top 65 universities by U.S. News & World Report.]
Rank Universities 1 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2 University of California, Berkeley 3 University of Texas, Austin 4 Purdue University, West Lafayette 5 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 6 University of Washington 7 Pennsylvania State University, University Park 8 University of Colorado, Boulder 9 University of Wisconsin, Madison 10 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 11 University of California, San Diego 12 Ohio State University 13 University of Florida 1998 ranking of the Top 24 universities by U.S. News & World Report.] Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Graduate Schools," February 1998.