History
(Ranked in 2001*)

Rank/School		Average reputation score (5 = highest)
1.	Princeton University (NJ)	4.9
	Yale University (CT)	4.9
3.	Stanford University (CA)	4.8
	University of California--Berkeley	4.8
5.	Columbia University (NY)	4.7
	University of Chicago	4.7
	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	4.7
8.	Harvard University (MA)	4.6
9.	University of California--Los Angeles	4.5
10.	Cornell University (NY)	4.4
	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	4.4
	University of Wisconsin--Madison	4.4
13.	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	4.3
	University of Pennsylvania	4.3
15.	Brown University (RI)	4.1
	Duke University (NC)	4.1
	Northwestern University (IL)	4.1
	University of Virginia	4.1
19.	Indiana University--Bloomington	4.0
	Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (NJ)	4.0
	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	4.0
22.	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	3.9
	University of Texas--Austin	3.9
24.	New York University	3.8
25.	Emory University (GA)	3.7
	Ohio State University--Columbus	3.7
27.	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	3.6
	Rice University (TX)	3.6
	University of California--Davis	3.6
	University of Maryland--College Park	3.6
	University of Washington	3.6
32.	University of California--Irvine	3.5
	University of Iowa	3.5
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	3.5
35.	Brandeis University (MA)	3.4
36.	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	3.3
	Claremont Graduate School (CA)	3.3
	College of William and Mary (VA)	3.3
	Georgetown University (DC)	3.3
	University of California--San Diego	3.3
	University of Florida	3.3
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.3
43.	University of California--Santa Barbara	3.2
	University of Rochester (NY)	3.2
45.	Michigan State University	3.1
	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	3.1
	SUNY--Stony Brook	3.1
	University of Arizona	3.1
	University of Colorado--Boulder	3.1
	University of Georgia	3.1
	University of Illinois--Chicago	3.1
	University of Kansas	3.1
	University of Notre Dame (IN)	3.1
	University of Pittsburgh	3.1
55.	Binghamton University (NY)	3.0
	Tulane University (LA)	3.0
	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	3.0
	University of Missouri--Columbia	3.0
	University of Southern California	3.0
60.	Boston College	2.9
	Boston University	2.9
	Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN)	2.9
	University of California--Riverside	2.9
	University of California--Santa Cruz	2.9
	University of Connecticut	2.9
	University of Delaware	2.9
	University of New Mexico	2.9
68.	Arizona State University	2.8
	Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge	2.8
	Ohio University	2.8
	Texas A&M University--College Station	2.8
	University of Oregon	2.8
	University of South Carolina--Columbia	2.8
74.	Fordham University (NY)	2.7
	George Washington University (DC)	2.7
	Syracuse University (NY)	2.7
	Tufts University (MA)	2.7
	University of Kentucky	2.7
	University of Nebraska--Lincoln	2.7
80.	American University (DC)	2.6
	George Mason University (VA)	2.6
	Temple University (PA)	2.6
	University of Utah	2.6
84.	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	2.5
	SUNY--Albany	2.5
	University of Hawaii--Manoa	2.5
	University of Oklahoma	2.5
	University of Tennessee--Knoxville	2.5
	Washington State University	2.5

*This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.