| School |
Average assessment score (5 = highest) |
| University of California–Berkeley |
5 |
| California Institute of Technology |
4.9 |
| Harvard University (MA) |
4.9 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
4.9 |
| Stanford University (CA) |
4.8 |
| Scripps Research Institute (CA) |
4.5 |
| University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign |
4.5 |
| Columbia University (NY) |
4.4 |
| Cornell University (NY) |
4.4 |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison |
4.4 |
| University of California–Los Angeles |
4.3 |
| Northwestern University (IL) |
4.2 |
| University of Texas–Austin |
4.2 |
| Princeton University (NJ) |
4.1 |
| University of Chicago |
4.1 |
| University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill |
4.1 |
| Yale University (CT) |
4.1 |
| Penn State University–University Park |
4 |
| Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) |
4 |
| University of Pennsylvania |
4 |
| University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
3.9 |
| Ohio State University |
3.8 |
| Texas A&M University–College Station |
3.8 |
| University of California–San Diego |
3.8 |
| University of Colorado–Boulder |
3.8 |
| University of Minnesota–Twin Cities |
3.8 |
| Indiana University–Bloomington |
3.7 |
| Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
3.7 |
| University of Washington |
3.7 |
| University of California–Irvine |
3.6 |
| University of California–Santa Barbara |
3.6 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
3.5 |
| Iowa State University |
3.5 |
| Michigan State University |
3.5 |
| Rice University (TX) |
3.5 |
| University of Florida |
3.5 |
| Colorado State University |
3.4 |
| University of Arizona |
3.4 |
| University of California–Davis |
3.4 |
| University of California–San Francisco |
3.4 |
| University of Pittsburgh |
3.4 |
| University of Utah |
3.4 |
| Duke University (NC) |
3.3 |
| Emory University (GA) |
3.3 |
| University of Maryland–College Park |
3.3 |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
3.3 |
| SUNY–Stony Brook |
3.2 |
| University of Rochester (NY) |
3.2 |
| University of Southern California |
3.2 |
| University of Virginia |
3.2 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (PA) |
3.1 |
| Florida State University |
3.1 |
| North Carolina State University |
3.1 |
| Arizona State University |
3 |
| University of California–Riverside |
3 |
| University of Georgia |
3 |
| University of Massachusetts–Amherst |
3 |
| Boston College |
2.9 |
| Brown University (RI) |
2.9 |
| Case Western Reserve University (OH) |
2.9 |
| University of Iowa |
2.9 |
| University of Kansas |
2.9 |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) |
2.9 |
| University of Oregon |
2.9 |
| Virginia Tech |
2.9 |
| Wayne State University (MI) |
2.9 |
| Brandeis University (MA) |
2.8 |
| Dartmouth College (NH) |
2.8 |
| Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge |
2.8 |
| Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) |
2.8 |
| SUNY–Buffalo |
2.8 |
| University of Delaware |
2.8 |
| Vanderbilt University (TN) |
2.8 |
| Boston University |
2.7 |
| Oregon State University |
2.7 |
| University of Illinois–Chicago |
2.7 |
| University of South Carolina |
2.7 |
| University of Tennessee–Knoxville |
2.7 |
| Washington State University |
2.7 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) |
2.6 |
| Syracuse University (NY) |
2.6 |
| University of Connecticut |
2.6 |
| University of Houston |
2.6 |
| University of Missouri–Columbia |
2.6 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
2.6 |
| Kansas State University |
2.5 |
| New York University |
2.5 |
| University of California–Santa Cruz |
2.5 |
| University of Cincinnati |
2.5 |