Rank
|
Founded
|
Location
|
University
|
1
|
1746
|
Princeton, NJ
|
Princeton University
|
2
|
1861
|
Cambridge, MA
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
3
|
1636
|
Cambridge, MA
|
Harvard University
|
3
|
1885
|
Stanford, CA
|
Stanford University
|
5
|
1701
|
New Haven, CT
|
Yale University
|
6
|
1740
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
University of Pennsylvania
|
7
|
1891
|
Pasadena, CA
|
California Institute of Technology
|
7
|
1838
|
Durham, NC
|
Duke University
|
9
|
1765
|
Providence, RI
|
Brown University
|
9
|
1876
|
Baltimore, MD
|
Johns Hopkins University
|
9
|
1851
|
Evanston, IL
|
Northwestern University
|
12
|
1754
|
New York, NY
|
Columbia University
|
12
|
1865
|
Ithaca, NY
|
Cornell University
|
12
|
1890
|
Chicago, IL
|
University of Chicago
|
15
|
1868
|
Berkeley, CA
|
University of California, Berkeley
|
15
|
1919
|
Los Angeles, CA
|
University of California, Los Angeles
|
17
|
1891
|
Houston, TX
|
Rice University
|
18
|
1769
|
Hanover, NH
|
Dartmouth College
|
18
|
1873
|
Nashville, TN
|
Vanderbilt University
|
20
|
1842
|
Notre Dame, IN
|
University of Notre Dame
|
21
|
1817
|
Ann Arbor, MI
|
University of Michigan
|
22
|
1789
|
Washington, D.C.
|
Georgetown University
|
22
|
1789
|
Chapel Hill, NC
|
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
24
|
1900
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Carnegie Mellon University
|
24
|
1836
|
Atlanta, GA
|
Emory University
|
24
|
1819
|
Charlottesville, VA
|
University of Virginia
|
24
|
1853
|
St. Louis, MO
|
Washington University in St. Louis
|
28
|
1905
|
Davis, CA
|
University of California, Davis
|
28
|
1960
|
San Diego, CA
|
University of California, San Diego
|
28
|
1853
|
Gainesville, FL
|
University of Florida
|
28
|
1880
|
Los Angeles, CA
|
University of Southern California
|
|