U.S. University Rankings

U.S. University Ranking Criteria

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.

U.S. University Entrance Tests: SAT / ACT

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 2^nd semester.

SAT (full mark 1600)

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

ACT (full mark 36)

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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U.S. University Ranking Criteria

U.S. University Entrance Tests: SAT / ACT

SAT (full mark 1600)

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