Applied Mathematics
(New! Ranked in 2002*)

Rank/School		Average assessment score (5 = highest)
1.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4.7
	New York University	4.7
3.	California Institute of Technology	4.6
4.	Stanford University (CA)	4.5
5.	Brown University (RI)	4.4
	Princeton University (NJ)	4.4
	University of California–Berkeley	4.4
	University of California–Los Angeles	4.4
9.	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities	4.3
10.	Cornell University (NY)	4.2
11.	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	4.0
	University of Maryland–College Park	4.0
	University of Texas–Austin	4.0
14.	Northwestern University (IL)	3.9
	Rice University (TX)	3.9
	University of Washington	3.9
	University of Wisconsin–Madison	3.9
18.	Georgia Institute of Technology	3.8
	University of Chicago	3.8
	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	3.8
21.	Harvard University (MA)	3.7
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	3.7
	Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)	3.7
	SUNY–Stony Brook	3.7
	University of Arizona	3.7
	University of Colorado–Boulder	3.7
27.	Duke University (NC)	3.6
	Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)	3.6
	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	3.6
	Yale University (CT)	3.6
31.	North Carolina State University	3.5
	University of California–San Diego	3.5
33.	Columbia University (NY)	3.4
	Indiana University–Bloomington	3.4
	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	3.4
	Penn State University–University Park	3.4
	University of California–Davis	3.4
	Virginia Tech	3.4
39.	Ohio State University	3.3
	Texas A&M University–College Station	3.3
	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	3.3
	University of Utah	3.3
43.	Boston University	3.2
44.	Arizona State University	3.1
	University of California–Santa Barbara	3.1
	University of Delaware	3.1
47.	Claremont Graduate University (CA)	3.0
	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	3.0
	Iowa State University	3.0
	University of California–Irvine	3.0
	University of Pennsylvania	3.0
	University of Southern California	3.0
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.0
54.	Florida State University	2.9
	Michigan State University	2.9
	University of Illinois–Chicago	2.9
	University of Pittsburgh	2.9
	University of Virginia	2.9
59.	University of Houston	2.8
	University of Iowa	2.8
61.	University of Florida	2.7
	University of Massachusetts–Amherst	2.7
	University of Tennessee–Knoxville	2.7
64.	Brandeis University (MA)	2.6
	New Jersey Institute of Technology	2.6
	SUNY–Buffalo	2.6
	University of Notre Dame (IN)	2.6
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	2.6
69.	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	2.5
	Clemson University (SC)	2.5
	Colorado School of Mines	2.5
	Colorado State University	2.5
	Dartmouth College (NH)	2.5
	Emory University (GA)	2.5
	Oregon State University	2.5
	Polytechnic University (NY)	2.5
	University of Georgia	2.5
	University of Missouri–Columbia	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.