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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES FOR 2008 EDITION in roughly descending order with many ties , subject to their own methodology - (It's worth noting that 25 percent of a school's ranking is based on a peer assessment score. U.S. News asks presidents, provosts and deans of admission to rate peer schools' academic programs from marginal to distinguished) : 1. Princeton University, 2. Harvard University, 3. Yale University, 4. Stanford University and California Institute of Technology and University of Pennsylvania, 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 8. Duke University, 9. Columbia University and University of Chicago, 11. Dartmouth College, 12. Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis, 14. Brown University  and Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University, 17. Emory University and Rice University, 19. University of Notre Dame and Vanderbilt University 21. University of California Berkeley, 22. Carnegie Mellon University, 23 Georgetown University and University of Virginia, 25. University of California Los Angeles and University of Michigan, 27. University of Southern California, 28. Tufts University and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 30. Wake Forest University, 31. Brandeis University and Lehigh University, 33. College of William & Mary, 34. New York University, 35 Boston College and Georgia Institute of Technology and Boston College, 38. University of California San Diego and University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin, 41. Case Western Reserve University, 42. University of California Davis and University of Washington, 44. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of  California Irvine and University of California Santa Barbara and University of Texas, 48. Pennsylvania State University, 49. University of Florida , 50. Syracuse University and Tulane University, 52. University of Miami and Yeshiva University, 54. George Washington University and Pepperdine University and University of Maryland, 57. Boston University and Ohio State University 59. Rutgers University and University of Pittsburgh, 62. Texas A & M and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 64. Purdue University and University of Connecticut and University of Iowa, 67. Fordham University and Miami University of Ohio and Southern Methodist University 71. Michigan State University and University of Delaware and University of Minnesota and Virginia Tech., 75. Baylor University and Colorado School of Mines and Indiana University and Stevens Institute of Technology, 79. Brigham Young University and University of Colorado and Marquette University and St. Louis University and SUNY Binghamton, 85. American University and Iowa State University and North Carolina State University and University of Denver and University of Kansas, 91. Clark University and University of Alabama and University of Missouri and University of Nebraska and University of Tulsa, 96. Auburn University and Howard University and Illinois Institute of Technology and Northeastern University and SUNY Stony Brook and University of Arizona and University of California Riverside and University of Massachusetts and University of Tenessee and University of the Pacific and University of Vermont, 107. University of San Diego, 108. Drexel University and Texas Christian University and University of New Hampshire and University of Oklahoma, 112. Florida State University and Loyola University Chicago and Ohio University and University of Dayton and University of Oregon and University of South Carolina, 118. Samford University and SUNY Buffalo and University of Missouri Rolla and Washington State University, 122. Catholic University of America and University of Kentucky, 124. Arizona State University and Clarkson University and Colorado State University and Kansas State University  and Michigan Technological University and New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of Arkansas

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S BEST NATIONAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES FOR 2008 EDITION in roughly descending order with many ties , subject to their own methodology (It's worth noting that 25 percent of a school's ranking is based on a peer assessment score. U.S. News asks presidents, provosts and deans of admission to rate peer schools' academic programs from marginal to distinguished) : 1. Williams College, 2. Amherst College, 3.Swarthmore College, 4. Wellesley College, 5. Carleton College and Middlebury College 7. Bowdoin College and  Pomona College, 9. Davidson College, 10. Haverford College,  11. Claremont-Mckenna College and Grinnell College and Vassar College and Wesleyan University, 15. Harvey Mudd College and Washington & Lee University, 17. Colgate University and Hamilton College and Smith College, 20. Oberlin College and  United States Naval Academy, 22. Colby College and United States Military Academy 24. Bates College and Bryn Mawr College, 26. Colorado College and Macalester College, 28. Mount Holyoke College and Scripps College, 30. Barnard College and Bucknell University, 32. Kenyon College, 33. College of the Holy Cross, 34. Lafayette College and Trinity College (CT), 36. Occidental College, 37. Bard College and Furman University and Whitman College, 40. Franklin & Marshall College and University of the South and Union College and University of Richmond 44. Centre College and Connecticut College and Dickinson College, 47. Skidmore College, 48. Gettysburg College, 49. Depauw University and Pitzer College and Rhodes College, 52. Denison University and Wabash College, 54. Reed College and St. Olaf College, 56. Lawrence University and Wheaton College (MA), 58. St. Lawrence University, 59. Illinois Wesleyan University and Southwestern University and Wheaton College (IL) and Wofford College, 63. Agnes Scott College and Drew University and Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges and Willamette University, 67. Beloit College and Kalamazoo College, 69. Earlham College and Ursinus College, 71. College of Wooster and Hendrix College and Muhlenberg College and Virginia Military Institute, 75. Austin College and Berea College and Birmingham-Southern College and Spelman College and St. John's College (NM), 80. Knox College and Lewis & Clark College and University of Puget Sound, 83. Sweet Briar College and Thomas Aquinas College, 85. Allegheny College and Principia College, 87. Millsaps College and St. Mary's College or Maryland and Transylvania University, 91. Augustana College and Goucher College and Hanover College and Lyon College and Randolph College and St. Mary's College (IN), 97. Cornell College and Hillsdale College and Hollins University and Hope College and Juniata College and Lake Forest College and Luther College and Ohio Wesleyan University and Washington College (MD), 106. Bennington College and Coe College and College of St. Benedict and Hampden-Sydney College and Presbyterian College and St. Michael's College and Stonehill College and Susquehanna College and Washington & Jefferson College and Westmont College 116. Albion College and Calvin College, 118.Berry College and Fisk College and Hampshire College and Wittenberg University, 122. Linfield College and Randolph-Macon College and Siena College and Wells College

THE FISKE GUIDE TO COLLEGES FOR 2008 BEST BUYS
Subject to their own methodology- listed alphabetically
PUBLIC:
University of Aberdeen (Great Britain), University of Arizona, University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Colorado, Evergreen State University, University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, McGill University (Canada), New College of Florida, University of North Carolina Asheville, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of St. Andrews (Great  Britain), SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Stony Brook, University of Toronto (Canada), University of Washington
PRIVATE:
Adelphi University, Baylor University, Birmingham-Southern University, Brigham Young University, Case Western Reserve University, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Earlham College, Elon College, Grinnell College, Hendrix College, Howard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Macalester College, Morehouse College, Olin College of Engineering, Randolph College, Rice University, University of the South, Southwestern University, Spelman College, Trinity University, Wabash College, Warren Wilson College, Washington & Lee University, Wheaton College (IL)

THE ADVOCATE 2006 COLLEGE GUIDE FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDERS STUDENTS : From highest score (20) subject to their own methodology ranking campus policies, programs, and practices: 20. U. of Pennsylvania, U. of Southern California, 19. American U., Ohio State U., Princeton U., Pennsylvania State U., U. of California Berkeley, U. of California Los Angeles, U. of Minnesota Twin Cities, U. of Oregon, U. of Puget Sound, 18. Duke U., Indiana U., Oberlin College, Stanford U., Tufts U., U. of California Santa Cruz, U. of Michigan, 17. New York U., U. of Massachusetts Amherst

USA TODAY - LOWEST TO HIGHEST ACCEPTANCE RATES (with tiny differences between schools)- November, 2006 : Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia University, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon, Dartmouth College, Williams College, Amherst College, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis, Rice University, Middlebury College, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Berkeley, Bowdoin College, Mississippi Valley State University, Davidson College, University of Southern Califormia, Pepperdine University, Tufts University, Barnard College, Wesleyan University, Carleton College, CUNY Hunter College, Vassar College, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Cornell University (endowed colleges), Washington & Lee University, Bates College, CUNY Lehman College, University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins University, Florida International University, Boston College, Fashion Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Colgate University, Rhode Island School of Design, SUNY New Paltz, Hamilton College, Connecticut College, SUNY Brockport, Morgan State University, New York University, Voorhees College, College of William & Mary

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