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| 2005 US News & World Report Rankings | |
| Rank | School |
| 1 | Harvard University (MA) |
| 1 | Princeton University (NJ) |
| 3 | Yale University (CT) |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 5 | Duke University (NC) |
| 5 | Massachusetts Inst. of Technology |
| 5 | Stanford University (CA) |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology |
| 9 | Columbia University (NY) |
| 9 | Dartmouth College (NH) |
| 11 | Northwestern University (IL) |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 13 | Brown University (RI) |
| 14 | Cornell University (NY) |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
| 14 | University of Chicago |
| 17 | Rice University (TX) |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame (IN) |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University (TN) |
| 20 | Emory University (GA) |
| 21 | University of California -- Berkeley |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) |
| 22 | University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor |
| 22 | University of Virginia |
| 25 | Georgetown University (DC) |
| 25 | Univ. of California -- Los Angeles |
| 27 | Wake Forest University (NC) |
| 28 | Tufts University (MA) |
| 29 | U. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill |
| 30 | Univ. of Southern California |
| 31 | College of William and Mary (VA) |
| 32 | Brandeis University (MA) |
| 32 | New York University |
| 33 | Univ. of Wisconsin -- Madison |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) |
| 35 | Univ. of California -- San Diego |
| 37 | Boston College |
| 37 | Lehigh University (PA) |
| 37 | U. of Illinois -- Urbana - Champaign |
| 37 | University of Rochester (NY) |
| 41 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 42 | University of California -- Davis |
| 43 | Tulane University (LA) |
| 43 | University of California -- Irvine |
| 45 | Univ. of California -- Santa Barbara |
| 46 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) |
| 46 | University of Texas -- Austin |
| 46 | University of Washington |
| 46 | Yeshiva University (NY) |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State U. -- University Park |
| 50 | University of Florida |
| 52 | George Washington University (DC) |
| 52 | Pepperdine University (CA) |
| 52 | Syracuse University (NY) |
| 55 | Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) |
| 56 | Boston University |
| 56 | Univ. of Maryland -- College Park |
| 58 | Rutgers -- New Brunswick (NJ |
| 58 | University of Georgia |
| 58 | University of Iowa |
| 58 | University of Miami (FL) |
| 62 | Miami University -- Oxford (OH) |
| 62 | Ohio State University -- Columbus |
| 62 | Purdue Univ. -- West Lafayette (IN) |
| 62 | Texas A&M; Univ. -- College Station |
| 66 | University of Connecticut |
| 66 | University of Delaware |
| 66 | Univ. of Minnesota -- Twin Cities |
| 66 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 70 | Fordham University (NY) |
| 71 | Indiana University -- Bloomington |
| 71 | Michigan State University |
| 71 | Southern Methodist University (TX) |
| 74 | Brigham Young Univ. -- Provo (UT) |
| 74 | Clark University (MA) |
| 74 | Clemson University (SC) |
| 74 | SUNY -- Binghamton |
| 74 | Univ. of California -- Santa Cruz |
| 74 | University of Colorado -- Boulder |
| 74 | Virginia Tech |
| 81 | Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) |
| 81 | St. Louis University |
| 81 | Univ. of California -- Riverside |
| 84 | Baylor University (TX) |
| 84 | Iowa State University |
| 86 | American University (DC) |
| 86 | North Carolina State U. -- Raleigh |
| 86 | University of Alabama |
| 86 | Univ. of Missouri -- Columbia |
| 90 | Auburn University (AL) |
| 90 | Howard University (DC) |
| 90 | Marquette University (WI) |
| 90 | University of Denve |
| 90 | University of Kansas |
| 90 | University of Tennessee |
| 90 | University of Tulsa (OK) |
| 90 | University of Vermont |
| 98 | Ohio University |
| 98 | SUNY College Environmental Science and Forestry |
| 98 | Texas Christian University |
| 98 | University of Arizona |
| 98 | University of Dayton (OH) |
| 98 | Univ. of Massachusetts -- Amherst |
| 98 | Univ. of Nebraska -- Lincoln |
| 98 | University of New Hampshire |
| 106 | Drexel University (PA) |
| 106 | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 106 | SUNY -- Stony Brook |
| 106 | University of Missouri -- Rolla |
| 106 | University of San Diego |
| 111 | Catholic University of America (DC) |
| 111 | Florida State University |
| 111 | Loyola University Chicago |
| 111 | University of San Francisco |
| 111 | University of the Pacific (CA) |
| 111 | University of Utah |
| 117 | Colorado State University |
| 117 | University of Oregon |
| 117 | Univ. of South Carolina -- Columbia |
| 120 | Michigan Technological University |
| 120 | New School University (NY) |
| 120 | Northeastern University (MA) |
| 120 | Seton Hall University (NJ) |
| 120 | University at Buffalo -- SUNY |
| 120 | University of Arkansas |
| 120 | University of Kentucky |
| 120 | University of Oklahoma |
| 120 | University of St. Thomas (MN) |
| 120 | Washington State University |
