College Rankings - Academics

Making the grade: A high Academics grade generally indicates that professors are knowledgeable, accessible, and genuinely interested in their students’ welfare. Other determining factors include class size, how well professors communicate, and whether or not classes are engaging.

• Bowdoin College
• California Institute of Technology
• Dartmouth College

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Princeton University
• Stanford University

• University of Chicago

• Amherst College
• Bard College
• Barnard College
• Brown University
• Carleton College
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Claremont McKenna College
• Columbia University
• Davidson College

• Duke University
• Emory University
• Harvard University
• Harvey Mudd College
• Middlebury College
• Northwestern University
• Oberlin College
• Pomona College
• Rice University

• Swarthmore College
• Tufts University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Vanderbilt University
• Vassar College
• Washington & Lee University
• Wellesley College
• Williams College
• Yale University

• Bates College
• Brandeis University
• Bryn Mawr College
• Colby College
• Colgate University
• College of William & Mary
• Colorado College
• Connecticut College
• Cornell University
• Georgetown University

• Grinnell College
• Hamilton College
• Hanover College
• Haverford College
• Johns Hopkins University
• Kenyon College
• Lehigh University
• Macalester College
• Reed College
• Scripps College

• Smith College
• University of California - Berkeley
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Rochester
• University of Southern California
• University of Virginia
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wesleyan University

• Babson College
• Boston College
• Bucknell University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Centre College
• Clark University
• College of the Holy Cross
• Dickinson College
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Franklin & Marshall College
• George Washington University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Grove City College
• Illinois Wesleyan University
• Lafayette College
• Lawrence University

• McGill University
• Mount Holyoke College
• Muhlenberg College
• New College of Florida
• New York University
• Occidental College
• Pitzer College
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Rhodes College
• Sarah Lawrence College
• Southern Methodist University
• St. Olaf College
• Trinity College
• Tulane University
• University of California - Los Angeles

• University of California - San Diego
• University of Maryland
• University of Miami
• University of Michigan
• University of North Carolina
• University of Richmond
• University of San Diego
• University of Texas
• University of Wisconsin
• Valparaiso University
• Villanova University
• Wake Forest University
• West Point Military Academy
• Wheaton College (IL)
• Wheaton College (MA)
• Whitman College

• Albion College
• Alfred University
• Allegheny College
• American University
• Beloit College
• Bentley University
• Birmingham-Southern College
• Boston University
• Brigham Young University
• California Polytechnic State University
• Centenary College of Louisiana
• College of Charleston
• College of Wooster
• Creighton University
• Denison University
• DePauw University
• Earlham College
• Elon University
• Emerson College
• Furman University
• Gettysburg College
• Gonzaga University
• Goucher College
• Hampshire College
• Hollins University
• Howard University
• Indiana University
• Ithaca College
• Juniata College

• Lewis & Clark College
• Loyola College in Maryland
• Loyola Marymount University
• Luther College
• Marlboro College
• Marquette University
• Millsaps College
• North Carolina State University
• Northeastern University
• Ohio State University
• Ohio Wesleyan University
• Penn State
• Pepperdine University
• Providence College
• Purdue University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rollins College
• Rutgers New Brunswick
• Saint Joseph's University
• Santa Clara University
• Seattle University
• Simmons College
• Skidmore College
• Southwestern University
• Spelman College
• Stetson University
• Susquehanna University
• Syracuse University
• Texas Christian University

• Trinity University Texas
• Truman State University
• Union College
• University at Buffalo
• University of California - Davis
• University of California - Irvine
• University of California - Riverside
• University of California - Santa Barbara
• University of California - Santa Cruz
• University of Connecticut
• University of Delaware
• University of Denver
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Illinois
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Minnesota
• University of Nebraska
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Puget Sound
• University of South Carolina
• University of Washington
• Ursinus College
• Virginia Tech
• Warren Wilson College
• Washington & Jefferson College
• Willamette University

• Arizona State University
• Auburn University
• Ball State University
• Baylor University
• Binghamton University
• Cal Poly Pomona
• California State University - Northridge
• Clark Atlanta University
• Clemson University
• Drexel University
• Duquesne University
• East Carolina University
• Florida State University
• Fordham University
• Geneva College
• Guilford College
• Gustavus Adolphus College
• Hampton University
• Hofstra University
• Hunter College
• Idaho State University
• Illinois State University
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• Iowa State University
• James Madison University
• Kansas State University

• Kent State University
• La Roche College
• Louisiana State University
• Loyola University Chicago
• Miami University
• Michigan State University
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Montana State University
• Northern Arizona University
• Northern Illinois University
• Ohio University
• Old Dominion University
• Sacramento State
• San Diego State University
• Seton Hall University
• Slippery Rock University
• St. John's University
• St. Louis University
• Stony Brook University
• Temple University
• Tennessee State University
• Texas A&M University
• Texas Tech University
• Towson University
• University at Albany
• University of Alabama

• University of Arizona
• University of Central Florida
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Colorado
• University of Iowa
• University of Kansas
• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville
• University of Maine
• University of Mississippi
• University of Missouri
• University of Nevada - Las Vegas
• University of New Hampshire
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Oregon
• University of Rhode Island
• University of San Francisco
• University of South Dakota
• University of South Florida
• University of Tennessee
• University of Utah
• University of Vermont
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• West Virginia University
• Wilkes University
• Xavier University