U.S. News college ranking trends 2014

Princeton University NJ private 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 Harvard University MA private 2 2 1 1 1 -1 0 Yale University CT private 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 Columbia University NY private 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 Stanford University CA private 4 5 6 5 5 1 1 University of Chicago IL private 4 5 4 5 9 5 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA private 7 7 6 5 7 0 0 Duke University NC private 8 7 8 10 9 1 -1 University of Pennsylvania PA private 8 7 8 5 5 -3 -1 California Institute of Technology CA private 10 10 10 5 7 -3 0 Dartmouth College NH private 11 10 10 11 9 -2 -1 Johns Hopkins University MD private 12 12 13 13 13 1 0 Northwestern University IL private 13 12 12 12 12 -1 -1 Washington University in St. Louis MO private 14 14 14 14 13 -1 0 Cornell University NY private 15 16 15 15 15 0 1 Brown University RI private 16 14 15 15 15 -1 -2 University of Notre Dame IN private 16 18 17 19 19 3 2 Vanderbilt University TN private 16 17 17 17 17 1 1 Rice University TX private 19 18 17 17 17 -2 -1 University of California-Berkeley CA public 20 20 21 21 22 2 0 Emory University GA private 21 20 20 20 20 -1 -1 Georgetown University DC private 21 20 21 22 21 0 -1 University of California-Los Angeles CA public 23 23 24 25 25 2 0 University of Virginia VA public 23 23 24 25 25 2 0 Carnegie Mellon University PA private 25 23 23 23 23 -2 -2 University of Southern California CA private 25 23 24 23 23 -2 -2 Tufts University MA private 27 28 28 29 28 1 1 Wake Forest University NC private 27 23 27 25 25 -2 -4 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI public 29 28 29 28 29 0 -1 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill NC public 30 30 30 29 30 0 0 Boston College MA private 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 New York University NY private 32 32 32 33 33 1 0 College of William and Mary VA public 33 32 33 33 31 -2 -1 University of Rochester NY private 33 32 33 35 37 4 -1 Brandeis University MA private 35 32 33 31 34 -1 -3 Georgia Institute of Technology GA public 35 36 36 36 35 0 1 University of California-San Diego CA public 37 39 38 37 35 -2 2 Case Western Reserve University OH private 38 37 37 38 41 3 -1 University of California-Davis CA public 38 39 38 38 39 1 1 Lehigh University PA private 40 41 38 38 37 -3 1 University of California-Santa Barbara CA public 40 41 41 42 39 -1 1 Boston University MA private 42 41 51 53 56 14 -1 Northeastern University MA private 42 49 56 62 69 27 7 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY private 42 41 41 50 41 -1 -1 University of California-Irvine CA public 42 49 44 45 41 -1 7 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign IL public 42 41 46 45 47 5 -1 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI public 47 41 41 42 45 -2 -6 Pennsylvania State University PA public 48 37 46 45 47 -1 -11 University of Florida FL public 48 49 54 58 53 5 1 University of Miami FL private 48 47 44 38 47 -1 -1 University of Washington WA public 48 52 46 42 41 -7 4 Yeshiva University NY private 48 47 46 45 50 2 -1 University of Texas-Austin TX public 53 52 46 45 45 -8 -1 George Washington University DC private 54 52 51 50 51 -3 -2 Ohio State University OH public 54 52 56 55 56 2 -2 Pepperdine University CA private 54 57 54 55 53 -1 3 Tulane University LA private 54 52 51 50 51 -3 -2 Fordham University NY private 58 57 58 53 56 -2 -1 Southern Methodist Unviersity TX private 58 60 58 62 56 -2 2 Syracuse University NY private 58 62 58 62 55 -3 4 University of Connecticut CT public 58 57 63 58 69 11 -1 Brigham Young University-Provo UT private 62 62 68 71 75 13 0 Clemson University SC public 62 62 68 68 64 2 0 Purdue University-West Lafayette IN public 62 68 65 62 56 -6 6 University of Georgia GA public 62 60 63 62 56 -6 -2 University of Maryland at College Park MD public 62 62 58 55 56 -6 0 University of Pittsburgh PA public 62 62 58 58 64 2 0 Texas A&M University-College Station TX public 68 69 65 58 63 -5 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA private 68 62 65 62 64 -4 -6 Rutgers-New Brunswick NJ public 70 69 68 68 64 -6 -1 American University DC private 71 75 77 82 79 8 4 Baylor University TX private 71 75 77 75 79 8 4 University of Iowa IA public 71 73 72 71 72 1 2 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN public 71 69 68 68 64 -7 -2 Virginia Tech VA public 71 69 72 71 69 -2 -2 Clark University MA private 76 75 83 94 86 10 -1 Indiana University-Bloomington IN public 76 75 83 75 75 -1 -1 Marquette University WI private 76 75 83 82 75 -1 -1 Miami University-Oxford (Ohio) OH public 76 75 89 90 79 3 -1 Stevens Institute of Technology NJ private 76 82 75 88 86 10 6 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry NY public 76 86 77 82 79 3 10 Texas Christian University TX private 76 82 92 97 99 23 6 University of Delaware DE public 76 75 75 75 75 -1 -1 University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA public 76 91 97 94 99 23 15 Michigan State University MI public 85 73 72 71 79 -6 -12 University of California-Santa Cruz CA public 85 86 77 75 72 -13 1 University of Vermont VT public 85 82 92 82 94 9 -3 Binghamton University-SUNY NY public 88 97 89 90 86 -2 9 Colorado School of Mines CO public 88 91 77 75 72 -16 3 Stony Brook-State University of New York NY public 88 82 92 111 99 11 -6 University of Alabama AL public 88 86 77 75 79 -9 -2 University of Colorado-Boulder CO public 88 86 97 94 86 -2 -2 University of Denver CO private 88 91 83 82 86 -2 3 University of Tulsa OK private 88 86 83 75 93 5 -2 Drexel University PA private 95 97 83 88 86 -9 2 Florida State University FL public 95 91 97 101 104 9 -4 North Carolina State University-Raleigh NC public 95 101 106 101 111 16 6 University of San Diego CA private 95 91 92 97 94 -1 -4 St. Louis University MO private 99 101 92 90 86 -13 2 University of Missouri MO public 99 97 97 90 94 -5 -2 University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE public 99 101 101 101 104 5 2 University of New Hampshire NH public 99 97 106 101 104 5 -2 Auburn University AL public 103 91 89 82 85 -18 -12 University at Buffalo-SUNY NY public 103 109 106 111 120 17 6 University of Dayton OH private 103 112 115 101 99 -4 9 Iowa State University IA public 106 101 101 97 94 -12 -5 Loyola University Chicago IL private 106 101 106 119 117 11 -5 University of Kansas KS public 106 101 106 101 104 -2 -5 University of Oklahoma OK public 106 101 101 101 111 5 -5 University of Oregon OR public 106 109 115 101 111 5 3 University of San Francisco CA private 106 117 106 119 117 11 11 University of Tennessee TN public 106 101 101 101 104 -2 -5 University of California-Riverside CA public 113 112 101 97 94 -19 -1 University of South Carolina SC public 113 112 115 111 111 -2 -1 University of St. Thomas MN private 113 112 113 115 124 11 -1 Catholic University of America DC private 116 121 120 119 120 4 5 Duquesne University PA private 116 121 120 119 120 4 5 Illinois Institute of Technology IL private 116 109 113 111 111 -5 -7 Michigan Technological University MI public 116 117 120 115 117 1 1 University of the Pacific CA private 116 112 106 101 99 -17 -4 Clarkson University NY private 121 121 115 119 124 3 0 Colorado State University CO public 121 121 134 128 124 3 0 DePaul University IL private 121 121 134 132 136 15 0 Temple University PA public 121 121 125 132 132 11 0 University of Arizona AZ public 121 119 120 124 120 -1 -2 Rutgers-Newark NJ public 126 142 115 143 143 17 16 Seton Hall University NJ private 126 128 131 132 136 10 2 University at Albany-SUNY NY public 126 128 131 138 143 17 2 Arizona State University AZ public 129 142 139 132 143 14 13 Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge LA public 129 135 134 128 124 -5 6 Ohio University OH public 129 135 131 124 124 -5 6 University of Cincinnati OH public 129 135 139 143 156 27 6 University of Kentucky KY public 129 119 125 124 129 0 -10 University of Utah UT public 129 121 125 124 129 0 -8 Hofstra University NY private 135 135 134 128 139 4 0 New School NY private 135 135 125 128 139 4 0 University of Arkansas AR public 135 128 134 132 132 -3 -7 George Mason University VA public 138 141 139 138 143 5 3 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO public 138 128 125 * 129 -9 -10 Oregon State University OR public 138 142 139 138 139 1 4 Washington State University WA public 138 128 125 115 111 -27 -10 Illinois State University IL public 142 152 156 160 156 14 10 Kansas State University KS public 142 135 139 143 132 -10 -7 St. John Fisher College NY private 142 142 151 143 * n/a 0 Howard University DC private 145 142 120 115 104 -41 -3 Oklahoma State University OK public 145 142 139 132 132 -13 -3 St. John’s University (NY) NY private 145 152 147 152 143 -2 7 University of Texas-Dallas TX public 145 142 151 143 143 -2 -3 Adelphi University NY private 149 152 155 152 159 10 3 New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ public 149 150 139 138 139 -10 1 San Diego State University CA public 149 152 165 164 183 34 3 University of Alabama-Birmingham AL public 149 152 151 143 151 2 3 University of Illinois-Chicago IL public 149 128 147 150 143 -6 -21 University of Maryland Baltimore County MD public 149 158 160 157 159 10 9 University of Mississippi MS public 149 150 151 143 143 -6 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