Top U.S. Universities - Extreme

Each year, US News and World Report ranks the top US universities. Even though it's completely arbitrary and wrong, try to guess the top 200. Updated for 2023-2024 school year

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Last updated: September 24, 2023

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	State	Answer
1	New Jersey	Princeton
2	Massachusetts	MIT
3	Massachusetts	Harvard
3	California	Stanford
5	Connecticut	Yale
6	Pennsylvania	Penn
7	California	Cal Tech
7	North Carolina	Duke
9	Rhode Island	Brown
9	Maryland	Johns Hopkins
9	Illinois	Northwestern
12	New York	Columbia
12	New York	Cornell
12	Illinois	Chicago
15	California	Cal
15	California	UCLA
17	Texas	Rice
18	New Hampshire	Dartmouth
18	Tennessee	Vanderbilt
20	Indiana	Notre Dame
21	Michigan	Michigan
22	District of Columbia	Georgetown
22	North Carolina	North Carolina
24	Pennsylvania	Carnegie Mellon
24	Georgia	Emory
24	Virginia	Virginia
24	Missouri	Washington (St. Louis)
28	California	UC Davis
28	California	UCSD
28	Florida	Florida
28	California	USC
32	Texas	Texas
33	Georgia	Georgia Tech
33	California	UC Irvine
35	New York	NYU
35	California	UCSB
35	Illinois	Illinois
35	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
39	Massachusetts	Boston College
40	New Jersey	Rutgers
40	Massachusetts	Tufts
40	Washington	Washington
40	Massachusetts	Boston U
43	Ohio	Ohio State
43	Indiana	Purdue
46	Maryland	Maryland
47	Pennsylvania	Lehigh
47	Texas	Texas A&M
47	Georgia	Georgia
47	New York	Rochester
47	Virginia	Virginia Tech
47	North Carolina	Wake Forest
53	Ohio	Case Western
53	Florida	Florida State
53	Massachusetts	Northeastern
53	Minnesota	Minnesota
53	Virginia	William & Mary
58	New York	Stony Brook
58	Connecticut	Connecticut
60	Massachusetts	Brandeis
60	Michigan	Michigan State
60	North Carolina	NC State
60	Pennsylvania	Penn State
60	New York	RPI
60	California	Santa Clara
60	California	UC Merced
67	District of Columbia	George Washington
67	New York	Syracuse
67	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
67	Florida	Miami
67	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
67	Pennsylvania	Villanova
73	New York	Binghamton
73	Indiana	Indiana
73	Louisiana	Tulane
76	Colorado	Colorado Mines
76	California	Pepperdine
76	New Jersey	Stevens Tech
76	New York	Buffalo
76	California	UC Riverside
76	Delaware	Delaware
82	New Jersey	Rutgers Newark
82	California	UCSC
82	Illinois	Illinois Chicago
82	Massachusetts	WPI
86	South Carolina	Clemson
86	Wisconsin	Marquette
86	New Jersey	NJIT
89	New York	Fordham
89	Texas	SMU
89	Pennsylvania	Temple
89	Florida	South Florida
93	Alabama	Auburn
93	Texas	Baylor
93	Washington	Gonzaga
93	California	Loyola Marymount
98	Iowa	Iowa
98	Pennsylvania	Drexel
98	Illinois	Illinois Tech
98	New York	Rochester Tech
98	New Jersey	Rutgers Camden

	State	Answer
98	Texas	TCU
98	Oregon	Oregon
98	California	San Diego
105	District of Columbia	American
105	Arizona	Arizona State
105	California	CSU Long Beach
105	New York	City College
105	Virginia	George Mason
105	Missouri	Saint Louis
105	California	San Diego State
105	Colorado	Colorado
105	Tennessee	Tennessee
105	New York	Yeshiva
115	Utah	BYU
115	District of Columbia	Howard
115	Iowa	Iowa State
115	New York	SUNY ESF
115	Arizona	Arizona
115	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
115	California	San Francisco
115	Texas	UT Dallas
115	Utah	Utah
124	Nebraska	Creighton
124	Connecticut	Fairfield
124	Florida	Florida International
124	Virginia	James Madison
124	Florida	Central Florida
124	Colorado	Denver
124	Missouri	Missouri
124	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
124	South Carolina	South Carolina
133	California	CSU Fullerton
133	California	Chapman
133	North Carolina	Elon
133	Ohio	Miami U
133	New York	Albany
133	Ohio	Dayton
133	Texas	Houston
133	Maryland	UMBC
133	Vermont	Vermont
142	New York	Clarkson
142	Massachusetts	Clark
142	Illinois	Loyola Chicago
142	Oregon	Oregon State
142	Pennsylvania	Thomas Jefferson
142	Alabama	UAB
142	Ohio	Cincinnati
142	California	Pacific
142	Virginia	VCU
142	Colorado	Colorado State
151	Illinois	DePaul
151	Pennsylvania	Duquesne
151	Michigan	Michigan Tech
151	New Jersey	Seton Hall
151	Massachusetts	Simmons
151	Kansas	Kansas
151	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
159	New Jersey	Stockton
159	Kentucky	Kentucky
159	Massachusetts	UMass Lowell
159	Nebraska	Nebraska
163	New York	Adelphi
163	New Jersey	Montclair State
163	New Jersey	Rowan
163	Washington	Seattle
163	New York	St. John's
163	Mississippi	Mississippi
163	Minnesota	St. Thomas
170	California	CSUSB
170	Florida	Florida A&M
170	Kansas	Kansas State
170	Georgia	Mercer
170	Connecticut	Quinnipiac
170	Alabama	Alabama
170	Hawai'i	Hawaii
170	California	La Verne
178	District of Columbia	Catholic
178	Iowa	Drake
178	Ohio	Ohio
178	California	San Francisco State
178	Arkansas	Arkansas
178	North Carolina	UNC Charlotte
178	Washington	Washington State
185	Illinois	Bradley
185	California	Fresno State
185	New York	Hofstra
185	Louisiana	LSU
185	Missouri	Missouri S&T
185	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
185	Alabama	Samford
185	New York	St. John Fisher
185	Michigan	Detroit Mercy
185	Idaho	Idaho
195	North Carolina	East Carolina
195	New York	Russell Sage
195	New York	Touro
195	Kentucky	Louisville
195	Nevada	Nevada
195	Oklahoma	Tulsa
195	Indiana	IUPUI

Level 68

Oct 10, 2022

I like this quiz! Thanks for creating it!

Level 66

Oct 10, 2022

Thanks!

Level 78

Sep 22, 2023

If I'm not mistaken, Marquette is in Wisconsin, not Washington. Fun quiz though!

Level 82

Sep 22, 2023

Please accept NJIT for NJ tech. Also, update for new rankings!

Level 66

Sep 23, 2023

Done!

Level 43

Sep 22, 2023

Marquette is located in Wisconsin, not Washington

Level 66

Sep 23, 2023

My bad, fixed

Level 52

Sep 22, 2023

For "Missouri Tech", the full name of the university is the Missouri University of Science and Technology which is stylized as Missouri S&T. That should be what appears.

Level 66

Sep 23, 2023

Fixed

Level 54

Sep 22, 2023

UMass Lowell should be accepted instead of Massachusetts Lowell, nobody calls it that. signed, a UMass Amherst alum

Level 66

Sep 23, 2023

Done!