以下是USNews上最新的排名，以学术声望(Academic Requtation)为准，对全美250所大学进行的排名。相对于其他综合排名，我认为这个还是比较有意义的。当然，选校对于每个人标准不一。导师，专业排名，地点也许更重要。大家可以用www.google.com对这些学校的网址进行搜索。

        1 Princeton University (NJ) 4.9

        2 Harvard University (MA) 4.9

        3 Yale University (CT) 4.9

        4 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.9

        5 Stanford University (CA) 4.9

        6 University of California Berkeley 4.8

        7 California Institute of Technology 4.7

         8 University of Chicago 4.7

         9 Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.7

         10 Duke University (NC) 4.6

         11 Columbia University (NY) 4.6

         12 Cornell University (NY) 4.6

         13 University of Michigan Ann Arbor 4.6

         14 University of Pennsylvania 4.5

         15 Dartmouth College (NH) 4.4

         16 Northwestern University (IL) 4.4

         17 Brown University (RI) 4.4

         18 University of Virginia 4.4

         19 Rice University (TX) 4.3

         20 Univ. of California Los Angeles 4.3

 21 Univ. of Wisconsin Madison 4.3

　　 22 Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2

         23 U. of North Carolina Chapel Hill 4.2

         24 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4.2 

         25 Washington University in St. Louis 4.1 

         26 Vanderbilt University (TN) 4.1

         27 University of Texas Austin 4.1

         28 Emory University (GA) 4 

         29 Georgetown University (DC) 4

         30 Georgia Institute of Technology 4

         31 University of Washington 4

         32 Indiana University Bloomington 3.9

         33 Purdue Univ. West Lafayette (IN) 3.9

         34 University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.9

         35 Univ. of California San Diego 3.9

         36 University of California Davis * 3.9

         37 Ohio State University Columbus 3.8

         38 Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities 3.8

         39 College of William and Mary (VA) 3.8

         40 Univ. of Southern California 3.8

         41 Pennsylvania State U. University Park 3.8

         42 University of Arizona 3.7

         43 University of Colorado Boulder 3.7

         44 University of Iowa 3.7

         45 Univ. of Maryland College Park 3.7

         46 New York University 3.7

         47 University of California Irvine 3.7

         48 Michigan State University 3.6

         49 University of Florida 3.6

         50 Tufts University (MA) 3.6

51 Brandeis University (MA) 3.6

　　52 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.6

　　53 Texas A&M Univ. College Station 3.6

　　54 University of Georgia 3.5

　　55 Boston College 3.5

　　56 Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.5

　　57 Tulane University (LA) 3.5

　　58 Univ. of California Santa Barbara 3.5

　　59 Boston University 3.4

　　60 George Washington University (DC) 3.4

　　61 Iowa State University 3.4

　　62 Univ. of Missouri Columbia 3.4

　　63 University of Oregon 3.4

　　64 University of Pittsburgh 3.4

　　65 Virginia Tech 3.4

　　66 Wake Forest University (NC) 3.4

　　67 University of Rochester (NY) 3.4

　　68 Miami University Oxford (OH) 3.3

　　69 Rutgers New Brunswick (NJ) 3.3

　　70 SUNY Stony Brook 3.3

　　71 Syracuse University (NY) 3.3

　　72 Univ. of California Santa Cruz 3.3

　　73 University of Kansas 3.3

　　74 Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst 3.3

　　75 Arizona State University 3.3

　　76 Baylor University (TX) 3.2

　　77 Florida State University 3.2

　　78 North Carolina State U. Raleigh 3.2

　　79 Univ. of California Riverside 3.2

　　80 University of Connecticut 3.2

　　81 University of Delaware 3.2

　　82 University of Miami (FL) 3.2

　　83 Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln 3.2

　　84 Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville 3.2

　　85 University of Utah 3.2

　　86 Lehigh University (PA) 3.2

　　87 Brigham Young Univ. Provo (UT) 3.1

　　88 Fordham University (NY) 3.1

　　89 Ohio University 3.1

　　90 Southern Methodist University (TX) 3.1

　　91 SUNY University at Buffalo 3.1

　　92 Washington State University 3.1

　　93 University of Illinois Chicago 3.1

　　94 Pepperdine University (CA) 3.1

　　95 Auburn University (AL) 3

　　96 Clemson University (SC) 3

　　97 Colorado State University 3

　　98 Illinois Institute of Technology 3

　　99 SUNY Binghamton 3

　　100 University of Alabama 3

101 University of Kentucky 3

　　102 University of Oklahoma 3

　　103 Univ. of South Carolina Columbia 3

　　104 University of Vermont 3

　　105 George Mason University (VA) 3

　　106 Oregon State University 3

　　107 University of New Mexico 3

　　108 Yeshiva University (NY) 3

　　109 American University (DC) 2.9

　　110 Clark University (MA) 2.9

　　111 Howard University (DC) 2.9

　　112 Marquette University (WI) 2.9

　　113 Rutgers Newark (NJ) 2.9

　　114 St. Louis University 2.9

　　115 SUNY Albany 2.9

　　116 University of New Hampshire 2.9

　　117 University of San Francisco 2.9

　　118 Drexel University (PA) 2.9

　　119 Kansas State University 2.9

　　120 Temple University (PA) 2.9

　　121 University of Alabama Birmingham 2.9

　　122 Virginia Commonwealth University 2.9

　　123 Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis 2.9

　　124 Univ. of Wisconsin Milwaukee 2.9

　　125 Catholic University of America (DC) 2.8

　　126 Loyola University Chicago 2.8

　　127 Michigan Technological University 2.8

　　128 Texas Christian University 2.8

　　129 University of San Diego 2.8

　　130 Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 2.8

　　131 DePaul University (IL) 2.8

　　132 Louisiana State U. Baton Rouge 2.8

　　133 New School University (NY) 2.8

　　134 Northeastern University (MA) 2.8

　　135 St. John's University (NY) 2.8

　　136 U. of Maryland Baltimore County 2.8

　　137 University of Rhode Island 2.8

　　138 Wayne State University (MI) 2.8

　　139 Georgia State University 2.8

　　140 San Diego State University 2.8

　　141 Seton Hall University (NJ) 2.7

　　142 Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) 2.7

　　143 University of Missouri Rolla 2.7

　　144 Hofstra University (NY) 2.7

　　145 New Jersey Inst. of Technology 2.7

　　146 Oklahoma State University 2.7

　　147 Texas Tech University 2.7

　　148 University of Arkansas 2.7

　　149 University of Cincinnati 2.7

　　150 University of Idaho 2.7