Mathematics
(New! Ranked in 2002*)

Rank/School		Average assessment score (5 = highest)
1.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5.0
2.	Harvard University (MA)	4.9
	Princeton University (NJ)	4.9
	Stanford University (CA)	4.9
	University of California–Berkeley	4.9
6.	University of Chicago	4.8
7.	Yale University (CT)	4.7
8.	California Institute of Technology	4.6
	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	4.6
10.	Cornell University (NY)	4.4
	New York University	4.4
	University of California–Los Angeles	4.4
13.	Columbia University (NY)	4.3
	University of Wisconsin–Madison	4.3
15.	University of Texas–Austin	4.2
16.	Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)	4.1
	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	4.1
	University of Maryland–College Park	4.1
	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities	4.1
	University of Pennsylvania	4.1
21.	Brown University (RI)	4.0
	Northwestern University (IL)	4.0
	SUNY–Stony Brook	4.0
	University of California–San Diego	4.0
25.	Duke University (NC)	3.9
26.	Indiana University–Bloomington	3.8
	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	3.8
	Pennsylvania State University–University Park	3.8
	Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)	3.8
	Rice University (TX)	3.8
	University of Washington	3.8
32.	Ohio State University	3.7
	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	3.7
34.	Brandeis University (MA)	3.6
	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	3.6
	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	3.6
37.	Georgia Institute of Technology	3.5
	Michigan State University	3.5
	University of Illinois–Chicago	3.5
	University of Utah	3.5
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.5
42.	Texas A&M University–College Station	3.4
	University of Arizona	3.4
	University of California–Davis	3.4
	University of Colorado–Boulder	3.4
	University of Virginia	3.4
47.	University of California–Irvine	3.3
	University of California–Santa Barbara	3.3
	University of Notre Dame (IN)	3.3
	University of Southern California	3.3
51.	Boston University	3.2
	Dartmouth College (NH)	3.2
	University of Florida	3.2
	University of Georgia	3.2
55.	North Carolina State University	3.1
	University of Iowa	3.1
	University of Massachusetts–Amherst	3.1
	University of Oregon	3.1
	Virginia Tech	3.1
60.	Arizona State University	3.0
	Iowa State University	3.0
	Northeastern University (MA)	3.0
	University of California–Riverside	3.0
	University of Missouri–Columbia	3.0
	University of Rochester (NY)	3.0
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	3.0
67.	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge	2.9
	SUNY–Buffalo	2.9
	University of Kansas	2.9
	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	2.9
	University of Pittsburgh	2.9
	University of Tennessee–Knoxville	2.9
73.	Emory University (GA)	2.8
	Florida State University	2.8
	Tulane University (LA)	2.8
	University of California–Santa Cruz	2.8
	University of Delaware	2.8
	University of Kentucky	2.8
	University of Oklahoma	2.8
80.	Claremont Graduate University (CA)	2.7
	Colorado State University	2.7
	Oregon State University	2.7
	Syracuse University (NY)	2.7
	Tufts University (MA)	2.7
	University of Connecticut	2.7
	University of Houston	2.7
87.	Auburn University (AL)	2.6
	Case Western Reserve University (OH)	2.6
	Kansas State University	2.6
	Oklahoma State University	2.6
	Polytechnic University (NY)	2.6
	SUNY–Albany	2.6
	Temple University (PA)	2.6
	University of New Mexico	2.6
	University of South Carolina	2.6
	Washington State University	2.6
97.	New Mexico State University	2.5
	SUNY–Binghamton	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.