
50% of World’s Top 20; 30% of World’s Top 100 universities are from U.S.
Amongst the 4,589 U.S. universities, some are Nationally ranked while some are Regionally ranked.
Regionally ranked universities usually do not confer doctoral degrees.
U.S. News is the most sought after ranking and its ranking criteria are: Faculty resources, student selectivity, student retention rates, academic reputation, spending per student, graduation rate, alumni giving rate
Subject rankings tend to be more qualitative focus on parameters such as academic reputation.
Maxway focuses on getting students into National Top 100 universities.
SAT and ACT are both academic aptitude tests for U.S. university prospective students.
They are offered at different times of the year, students are recommended to take the test at F5 2nd semester.
Rankings |
SAT (Lowest) |
SAT (Highest) |
SAT (Average) |
Top 1-10 college |
1440 |
1600 |
1520 |
Top 11-20 college |
1400 |
1580 |
1490 |
Top 21-30 college |
1370 |
1580 |
1500 |
Top 31-40 college |
1130 |
1590 |
1400 |
Top 41-50 college |
1080 |
1110 |
1360 |
Source: http://sh.xdf.cn/moretoefl/201604/8267422.html
Ranking |
ACT Requirement |
Top 1-50 college |
27-31 |
Top 51-100 college |
22-27 |
Top 101-200 college |
20-23 |
Common College |
18-21 |
Source: http://sh.xdf.cn/moretoefl/201604/8267422.html
Ranking |
Colleges |
No. of Enrollment |
Admission Rate |
SAT/ACT (25-75%) |
#1 |
Princeton University |
8,088 |
7.4% |
1400-1600 |
#2 |
Harvard University |
19,929 |
6% |
1410-1600 |
#3 |
Yale University |
12,336 |
6.3% |
1410-1600 |
#4 |
Columbia University |
24,221 |
7% |
1390-1600 |
#4 |
Stanford University |
16,795 |
5.1% |
1380-1570 |
#4 |
University of Chicago |
12,558 |
8.8% |
1430-1590 |
#7 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
11,319 |
7.9% |
1420-1570 |
#8 |
Duke University |
15,856 |
11.4% |
1370-1550 |
#9 |
University of Pennsylvania |
21,296 |
10.4% |
1360-1550 |
#10 |
California Institute of Technology |
2,209 |
8.8% |
1500-1600 |
#10 |
Johns Hopkins University |
21,484 |
15% |
1360-1530 |
#12 |
Dartmouth College |
6,298 |
11.5% |
1360-1550 |
#12 |
Northwestern University |
20,336 |
13.1% |
1390-1560 |
#14 |
Brown University |
9,181 |
8.7% |
1330-1550 |
#15 |
Cornell University |
21,850 |
14.2% |
1330-1510 |
#15 |
Vanderbilt University |
12,686 |
13.1% |
32-34(ACT) |
#15 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
14,348 |
17.1% |
32-34(ACT) |
#18 |
Rice University |
6,621 |
15.1% |
1390-1550 |
#18 |
University of Notre Dame |
12,179 |
21.1% |
32-34(ACT) |
#20 |
University of California—Berkeley |
37,581 |
16% |
1290-1490 |
#21 |
Emory University |
14,769 |
26.8% |
1280-1460 |
#21 |
Georgetown University |
17,858 |
17.4% |
1320-1520 |
#23 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
13,285 |
24.6% |
1340-1540 |
#23 |
University of California—Los Angeles |
43,239 |
18.6% |
1190-1460 |
#23 |
University of Southern California |
42,469 |
18% |
1280-1480 |
#26 |
University of Virginia |
23,732 |
29% |
1250-1460 |
#27 |
Tufts University |
10,907 |
17.3% |
1360-1520 |
#27 |
Wake Forest University |
7,788 |
34.4% |
1210-1420 |
#29 |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor |
43,625 |
32.2% |
29-33(ACT) |
#30 |
Boston College |
13,575 |
33.9% |
1270-1460 |
#30 |
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill |
29,135 |
28.5% |
1210-1400 |
#32 |
New York University |
49,274 |
35.5% |
1240-1450 |
#33 |
University of Rochester |
11,060 |
36.4% |
1240-1450 |
#34 |
Brandeis University |
5,945 |
35.2% |
1250-1480 |
#34 |
College of William and Mary |
8,437 |
33% |
1270-1470 |
#36 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
23,109 |
33.4% |
1310-1490 |
#37 |
Case Western Reserve University |
10,771 |
38.3% |
1270-1470 |
#37 |
University of California—Santa Barbara |
23,051 |
36.3% |
1120-1380 |
#39 |
University of California—Irvine |
30,051 |
37.4% |
1040-1310 |
#39 |
University of California—San Diego |
29,909 |
33.5% |
1180-1420 |
#41 |
Boston University |
32,112 |
34.5% |
1190-1410 |
#41 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
7,028 |
37.5% |
1300-1490 |
#41 |
Tulane University |
13,531 |
28% |
29-32(ACT) |
#41 |
University of California—Davis |
34,508 |
40.6% |
1080-1350 |
#41 |
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign |
45,140 |
59% |
26-32(ACT) |
#41 |
University of Wisconsin—Madison |
43,193 |
49.8% |
26-31(ACT) |
#47 |
Lehigh University |
7,119 |
34.3% |
1230-1410 |
#47 |
Northeastern University |
19,798 |
32.2% |
1340-1500 |
#47 |
Pennsylvania State University—University Park |
47,040 |
50.3% |
1090-1290 |
#47 |
University of Florida |
50,350 |
47.1% |
1170-1360 |
#51 |
University of Miami |
16,774 |
38.2% |
1220-1420 |
Source:http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
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