U.S. News college ranking trends 2015

Princeton University NJ private 1 1 2 0 1 Harvard University MA private 2 2 1 0 -1 Yale University CT private 3 3 3 0 0 Columbia University NY private 4 4 4 0 0 Stanford University CA private 4 4 5 0 1 University of Chicago IL private 4 4 9 0 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA private 7 7 7 0 0 Duke University NC private 8 8 9 0 1 University of Pennsylvania PA private 9 8 5 -1 -4 California Institute of Technology CA private 10 10 7 0 -3 Johns Hopkins University MD private 10 12 13 2 3 Dartmouth College NH private 12 11 9 -1 -3 Northwestern University IL private 12 13 12 1 0 Brown University RI private 14 16 15 2 1 Cornell University NY private 15 15 15 0 0 Vanderbilt University TN private 15 16 17 1 2 Washington University in St. Louis MO private 15 14 13 -1 -2 Rice University TX private 18 19 17 1 -1 University of Notre Dame IN private 18 16 19 -2 1 University of California-Berkeley CA public 20 20 22 0 2 Emory University GA private 21 21 20 0 -1 Georgetown University DC private 21 21 21 0 0 Carnegie Mellon University PA private 23 25 23 2 0 University of California-Los Angeles CA public 23 23 25 0 2 University of Southern California CA private 23 25 23 2 0 University of Virginia VA public 26 23 25 -3 -1 Tufts University MA private 27 27 28 0 1 Wake Forest University NC private 27 27 25 0 -2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI public 29 29 29 0 0 Boston College MA private 30 31 31 1 1 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill NC public 30 30 30 0 0 New York University NY private 32 32 33 0 1 University of Rochester NY private 33 33 37 0 4 Brandeis University MA private 34 35 34 1 0 College of William and Mary VA public 34 33 31 -1 -3 Georgia Institute of Technology GA public 36 35 35 -1 -1 Case Western Reserve University OH private 37 38 41 1 4 University of California-Santa Barbara CA public 37 40 39 3 2 University of California-Irvine CA public 39 42 41 3 2 University of California-San Diego CA public 39 37 35 -2 -4 Boston University MA private 41 42 56 1 15 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY private 41 42 41 1 0 Tulane University LA private 41 54 51 13 10 University of California-Davis CA public 41 38 39 -3 -2 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign IL public 41 42 47 1 6 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI public 41 47 45 6 4 Lehigh University PA private 47 40 37 -7 -10 Northeastern University MA private 47 42 69 -5 22 Pennsylvania State University PA public 47 48 47 1 0 University of Florida FL public 47 48 53 1 6 University of Miami FL private 51 48 47 -3 -4 Ohio State University OH public 52 54 56 2 4 Pepperdine University CA private 52 54 53 2 1 University of Texas-Austin TX public 52 53 45 1 -7 University of Washington WA public 52 48 41 -4 -11 Yeshiva University NY private 52 48 50 -4 -2 George Washington University DC private 57 54 51 -3 -6 University of Connecticut CT public 57 58 69 1 12 University of Maryland at College Park MD public 57 62 56 5 -1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA private 57 68 64 11 7 Clemson University SC public 61 62 64 1 3 Purdue University-West Lafayette IN public 61 62 56 1 -5 Southern Methodist University TX private 61 58 56 -3 -5 Syracuse University NY private 61 58 55 -3 -6 University of Georgia GA public 61 62 56 1 -5 Brigham Young University-Provo UT private 66 62 75 -4 9 Fordham University NY private 66 58 56 -8 -10 University of Pittsburgh PA public 66 62 64 -4 -2 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN public 69 71 64 2 -5 Texas A&M University-College Station TX public 70 68 63 -2 -7 Virginia Tech VA public 70 71 69 1 -1 American University DC private 72 71 79 -1 7 Baylor University TX private 72 71 79 -1 7 Rutgers-New Brunswick NJ public 72 70 64 -2 -8 Clark University MA private 75 76 86 1 11 Colorado School of Mines CO public 75 88 72 13 -3 Indiana University-Bloomington IN public 75 76 75 1 0 Michigan State University MI public 75 85 79 10 4 Stevens Institute of Technology NJ private 75 76 86 1 11 University of Delaware DE public 75 76 75 1 0 University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA public 75 76 99 1 24 Miami University-Oxford (Ohio) OH public 82 76 79 -6 -3 Texas Christian University TX private 82 76 99 -6 17 University of California-Santa Cruz CA public 82 85 72 3 -10 University of Iowa IA public 82 71 72 -11 -10 Marquette University WI private 86 76 75 -10 -11 University of Denver CO private 86 88 86 2 0 University of Tulsa OK private 86 88 93 2 7 Binghamton University-SUNY NY public 89 88 86 -1 -3 North Carolina State University-Raleigh NC public 89 95 111 6 22 Stony Brook-State University of New York NY public 89 88 99 -1 10 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry NY public 89 76 79 -13 -10 University of Colorado-Boulder CO public 89 88 86 -1 -3 University of San Diego CA private 89 95 94 6 5 University of Vermont VT public 89 85 94 -4 5 Florida State University FL public 96 95 104 -1 8 St. Louis University MO private 96 99 86 3 -10 University of Alabama AL public 96 88 79 -8 -17 Drexel University PA private 99 95 86 -4 -13 Loyola University Chicago IL private 99 106 117 7 18 University at Buffalo-SUNY NY public 99 103 120 4 21 Auburn University AL public 102 103 85 1 -17 University of Missouri MO public 103 99 94 -4 -9 University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE public 103 99 104 -4 1 University of New Hampshire NH public 103 99 104 -4 1 University of Oregon OR public 103 106 111 3 8 University of Tennessee TN public 103 106 104 3 1 Illinois Institute of Technology IL private 108 116 111 8 3 Iowa State University IA public 108 106 94 -2 -14 University of Dayton OH private 108 103 99 -5 -9 University of Oklahoma OK public 108 106 111 -2 3 University of San Francisco CA private 108 106 117 -2 9 University of South Carolina SC public 108 113 111 5 3 University of the Pacific CA private 108 116 99 8 -9 Clarkson University NY private 115 121 124 6 9 Duquesne University PA private 115 116 120 1 5 Temple University PA public 115 121 132 6 17 University of Kansas KS public 115 106 104 -9 -11 University of St. Thomas MN private 115 113 124 -2 9 University of Utah UT public 115 129 129 14 14 University of Arizona AZ public 121 121 120 0 -1 University of California-Riverside CA public 121 113 94 -8 -27 Catholic University of America DC private 123 116 120 -7 -3 DePaul University IL private 123 121 136 -2 13 Michigan Technological University MI public 123 116 117 -7 -6 Seton Hall University NJ private 123 126 136 3 13 Colorado State University CO public 127 121 124 -6 -3 New School NY private 127 135 139 8 12 Arizona State University AZ public 129 129 143 0 14 Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge LA public 129 129 124 0 -5 University at Albany-SUNY NY public 129 126 143 -3 14 University of Arkansas AR public 129 135 132 6 3 University of Illinois-Chicago IL public 129 149 143 20 14 University of Kentucky KY public 129 129 129 0 0 George Mason University VA public 135 138 143 3 8 Hofstra University NY private 135 135 139 0 4 Howard University DC private 135 145 104 10 -31 Ohio University OH public 135 129 124 -6 -11 Oregon State University OR public 135 138 139 3 4 New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ public 140 149 139 9 -1 Rutgers-Newark NJ public 140 126 143 -14 3 University of Cincinnati OH public 140 129 156 -11 16 University of Mississippi MS public 140 149 143 9 3 University of Texas-Dallas TX public 140 145 143 5 3 Washington State University WA public 140 138 111 -2 -29 Kansas State University KS public 146 142 132 -4 -14 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO public 146 138 129 -8 -17 St. John Fisher College NY private 146 142 * -4 N/A Illinois State University IL public 149 142 156 -7 7 Oklahoma State University OK public 149 145 132 -4 -17 San Diego State University CA public 149 149 183 0 34 University of Alabama-Birmingham AL public 149 149 151 0 2

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