<p>First column is 2009 and second column was last year’s: </p>
<li>Harvard >>>>> 1 Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li>Princeton >>>>> 2 Harvard University (MA)</li>
<li>Yale >>>>> 3 Yale University (CT)</li>
<li>Stanford >>>>> 4 Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li>MIT>>>>> 5 University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Caltech >>>>> 5 California Institute of Technology</li>
<li>Penn >>>>> 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology</li>
<li>Duke >>>>> 8 Duke University (NC)</li>
<li>Columbia >>>>> 9 Columbia University (NY)</li>
<li>Chicago >>>>> 9 University of Chicago</li>
<li>Dartmouth >>>>> 11 Dartmouth College (NH)</li>
<li>WUSTL >>>>> 12 Washington University in St. Louis</li>
<li>Northwestern>>>>> 12 Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li>Cornell >>>>> 14 Brown University (RI)</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins >>>>> 14 Northwestern University (IL)</li>
<li>Brown >>>>> 14 Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
<li>Rice >>>>> 17 Rice University (TX)</li>
<li>Emory >>>>> 17 Emory University (GA)</li>
<li>Vanderbilt >>>>> 19 Vanderbilt University (TN)</li>
<li>Notre Dame>>>>> 19 University of Notre Dame (IN)</li>
<li>Berkeley >>>>> 21 University of California—Berkeley *</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon >>>>> 22 Carnegie Mellon University ¶</li>
<li>UVA >>>>> 23 University of Virginia *</li>
<li>Georgetown>>>>> 23 Georgetown University (DC)</li>
<li>UCLA >>>>> 25 University of California—Los Angeles *</li>
<li>Michigan >>>>> 25 University of Michigan—Ann Arbor *</li>
</ol>
<p>Anyone have the “masters university” lists? Those are not LAC’s and they are not universities. They are universities that do not grant doctoral degrees. I only ask because schools like my daughter’s (Santa Clara University) do not appear on the lists already posted here…different “type” of school that seems to fly under the radar screen. Too bad as there are some terrific schools in this category.</p>
<p>MSU is still #71. And Santa Clara is #2 on the list of best “Master’s Universities” in the West (they have a separate list for each region). #1 in that region is Trinity U. in Texas; the #1’s in the other regions are Villanova, Rollins, and Creighton.</p>
<p>Its been bugging me for a long time, so I’ve got to say it: Why is CalTech even on that list? Compared to every other school in the top 25, it offers such limited appeal. 900 students; 6% URM; 2/3 men; 5% non-math/science majors; no football and minimal NCAA sports scene. As high as it is rated, it would never, ever be considered as a viable for option for the majority of American college-bound students.</p>
<p>^^Funny, but probably true! Yes, I know athletics doesn’t factor in directly, but shouldn’t there be a “quality of life” or variety of interest offerings type of rating.</p>
<p>Actually, I think there were fewer changes this year than I’ve ever seen. They seem to have kept the formula consistent, and lo and behold it produced the same results, pretty much.</p>
<p>Why pick on Caltech? Look at the list. Single digit acceptance rates galore. None of the top ten schools is a viable option for the majority of American college-bound students. Because a large majority of college-bound students do not have the stats to put them anywhere near getting accepted by any of those schools</p>