| 06' | 05' | 04' | 03' | 02' | School | Average Q | 04Accept Rate | Student/Faculty Ratio | National academy | Expenditure | Ex/Fa | phD | graduate enrollment |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 770 | 25.30% | 4.1 | 12.70% | $216.50 | $614.90 | 206 | 2,727 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Stanford University (CA) | 774 | 35.50% | 5 | 14.50% | $130.40 | $665.40 | 230 | 3,150 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | University of California每Berkeley | 766 | 16.20% | 4.7 | 19.00% | $119.90 | $477.80 | 164 | 1,722 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 755 | 31.60% | 4.2 | 5.1% | $205.30 | $430.50 | 246 | 3,705 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | University of Illinois每Urbana-Champaign | 769 | 17.80% | 4.3 | 2.7% | $175.10 | $428.10 | 171 | 2,679 |
| 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | University of Michigan每Ann Arbor | 768 | 36.90% | 4.4 | 4.2% | $165.30 | $519.70 | 185 | 2,704 |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | University of Southern California (Andrew and Erna Viterbi) | 753 | 45.60% | 5.3 | 13.50% | $147.40 | $921.50 | 97 | 3,390 |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | California Institute of Technology | 780 | 10.60% | 5 | 11.60% | $48.7 | $507.30 | 69 | 554 |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | 766 | 21.90% | 4.1 | 8.5% | $123.80 | $597.90 | 107 | 1,528 |
| 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | Purdue University每West Lafayette (IN) | 738 | 30.10% | 3.4 | 3.7% | $195.80 | $569.20 | 140 | 2,423 |
| 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | University of California每San Diego (Jacobs) | 765 | 21.10% | 4.7 | 10.00% | $138.30 | $869.80 | 75 | 1,111 |
| 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | Cornell University (NY) | 762 | 25.20% | 3.7 | 8.7% | $109.50 | $561.30 | 116 | 1,156 |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | University of Texas每Austin | 765 | 25.20% | 3.8 | 8.7% | $98.8 | $431.50 | 160 | 2,013 |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | Texas A&M University每College Station (Look) | 742 | 43.10% | 3 | 4.2% | $176.60 | $676.80 | 131 | 2,200 |
| 15 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | University of California每Los Angeles (Samueli) | 760 | 29.60% | 5.4 | 11.00% | $80.7 | $580.50 | 118 | 1,387 |
| 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | University of Wisconsin每Madison | 786 | 22.80% | 3.2 | 4.3% | $116.50 | $489.70 | 119 | 1,599 |
| 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | Princeton University (NJ) | 782 | 18.10% | 3.5 | 12.00% | $51.9 | $435.80 | 65 | 470 |
| 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | University of Maryland每College Park (Clark) | 763 | 23.30% | 4.5 | 5.3% | $133.20 | $576.80 | 117 | 2,334 |
| 19 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 14 | Pennsylvania State University每University Park | 754 | 26.80% | 3.1 | 2.9% | $117.40 | $324.40 | 138 | 1,615 |
| 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 | Harvard University (MA) | 783 | 12.50% | 4.1 | 14.00% | $29.8 | $573.70 | 23 | 270 |
| 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | Northwestern University (IL) | 761 | 26.50% | 3.9 | 5.7% | $58.5 | $356.90 | 106 | 1,121 |
| 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | University of California每Santa Barbara | 761 | 17.80% | 4.5 | 15.70% | $53.8 | $417.20 | 53 | 679 |
| 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 30 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) | 764 | 34.20% | 4.1 | 7.5% | $70.4 | $563.30 | 45 | 1,229 |
| 24 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 33 | University of Washington | 732 | 30.30% | 3.7 | 3.7% | $82.9 | $434.00 | 99 | 1,387 |
| 25 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 35 | University of Florida | 744 | 19.70% | 4 | 1.5% | $89.9 | $341.70 | 127 | 1,931 |
| 26 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 27 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) | 760 | 14.20% | 4 | 1.4% | $53.3 | $397.80 | 51 | 2,636 |
| 26 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 24 | Ohio State University | 766 | 29.90% | 2.9 | 2.4% | $102.70 | $407.40 | 88 | 1,299 |
| 26 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 20 | University of Minnesota每Twin Cities | 752 | 37.80% | 3.5 | 5.3% | $58.8 | $263.50 | 94 | 1,645 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 29 | Rice University (Brown) (TX) | 755 | 16.00% | 4.5 | 7.1% | $32.2 | $332.00 | 46 | 504 |
| 29 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 30 | University of Pennsylvania | 753 | 29.20% | 4 | 5.8% | $47.7 | $463.20 | 49 | 1,066 |
| 31 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 765 | 24.40% | 2.7 | 2.6% | $68.6 | $231.90 | 99 | 1,960 |
| 32 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 30 | Duke University (NC) | 765 | 23.10% | 3.6 | 1.9% | $49.4 | $503.70 | 40 | 477 |
| 33 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 34 | University of Colorado每Boulder | 751 | 57.40% | 3.2 | 5.1% | $57.4 | $352.20 | 74 | 1,579 |
| 34 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | North Carolina State University | 749 | 29.80% | 2.9 | 3.2% | $86.2 | $307.90 | 88 | 1,841 |
| 34 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 25 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) | 759 | 26.60% | 3.1 | 5.4% | $34.6 | $205.90 | 91 | 1,219 |
| 34 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 35 | University of Virginia | 753 | 18.30% | 3.3 | 6.1% | $47.0 | $364.70 | 52 | 762 |
| 34 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 37 | Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) | 760 | 35.80% | 3.4 | 6.8% | $46.3 | $551.80 | 22 | 851 |
| 38 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 37 | University of California每Davis | 748 | 27.70% | 3.3 | 4.9% | $53.6 | $283.60 | 77 | 1,056 |
| 39 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 41 | Yale University (CT) | 776 | 14.90% | 2.7 | 9.2% | $24.8 | $340.20 | 18 | 223 |
| 40 | 37 | 38 | 44 | 37 | Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 744 | 26.80% | 2.4 | 2.7% | $41.7 | $379.30 | 53 | 631 |
| 40 | 42 | 47 | x | x | University of California每Irvine (Samueli) | 747 | 20.90% | 4.7 | 5.7% | $38.8 | $279.40 | 43 | 956 |
| 40 | 41 | 44 | x | 45 | University of Rochester (NY) | 743 | 13.30% | 3.4 | 1.2% | $66.3 | $838.70 | 24 | 349 |
| 43 | 42 | 44 | 46 | x | Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) | 748 | 15.70% | 2.5 | 2.6% | $22.5 | $593.20 | 11 | 196 |
| 43 | 46 | 38 | 38 | 41 | Iowa State University | 765 | 17.50% | 2.2 | 1.4% | $49.1 | $237.30 | 58 | 988 |
| 43 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 41 | Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA) | 770 | 30.10% | 2.8 | 7.4% | $28.2 | $239.20 | 43 | 558 |
| 43 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 37 | Rutgers State University每New Brunswick (NJ) | 746 | 20.60% | 1.4 | 3.8% | $79.6 | $408.00 | 43 | 880 |
| 47 | 50 | 56 | x | 48 | Arizona State University (Fulton) | 746 | 32.20% | 2.9 | 2.7% | $42.2 | $219.80 | 74 | 1,448 |
| 47 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 48 | University of Delaware | 744 | 25.40% | 4.3 | 2.1% | $29.9 | $328.30 | 52 | 637 |
| 49 | 50 | 47 | x | x | Brown University (RI) | N/A | 21.10% | 2.9 | 6.9% | $15.7 | $291.10 | 14 | 217 |
| 49 | 53 | 52 | x | x | University of Pittsburgh | 742 | 29.70% | 2.4 | 4.2% | $45.5 | $382.00 | 34 | 649 |
| 51 | 56 | 47 | 46 | 45 | University of Massachusetts每Amherst | 755 | 14.50% | 3.4 | 0.7% | $35.2 | $260.40 | 59 | 715 |
| 51 | 50 | 52 | x | x | University of Notre Dame (IN) | 768 | 24.30% | 3.5 | 2.0% | $19.4 | $204.60 | 33 | 401 |
| 51 | 53 | 52 | 46 | x | Vanderbilt University (TN) | 756 | 11.40% | 3.5 | 1.2% | $28.8 | $343.10 | 26 | 391 |
| 54 | 48 | 50 | x | x | Boston University | 752 | 30.80% | 3.2 | 2.8% | $46.2 | $376.00 | 51 | 640 |
| 55 | 47 | 50 | 44 | 45 | University of Arizona | 726 | 41.60% | 2.8 | 2.5% | $27.1 | $166.10 | 47 | 914 |
| 56 | 56 | 59 | x | x | University at Buffalo每SUNY | 762 | 32.00% | 2.8 | 0.9% | $34.5 | $307.90 | 51 | 1,125 |
| 56 | 60 | 52 | x | x | University of Iowa | 728 | 21.80% | 3.4 | 1.1% | $26.9 | $292.10 | 37 | 489 |
| 58 | 56 | 56 | 41 | 44 | Michigan State University | 753 | 11.00% | 2.5 | 0.0% | $25.0 | $168.90 | 45 | 576 |
| 59 | 60 | 59 | x | x | University of Illinois每Chicago | 749 | 23.30% | 3.3 | 0.0% | $22.7 | $204.40 | 30 | 900 |
| 59 | 56 | 63 | x | x | University of Utah | 731 | 49.00% | 1.9 | 3.4% | $33.6 | $292.00 | 37 | 719 |
| 61 | 53 | 56 | x | x | Colorado State University | 726 | 46.30% | 1 | 1.0% | $41.8 | $522.00 | 27 | 579 |
| 61 | 62 | 59 | x | x | Drexel University (PA) | 741 | 45.40% | 2 | 2.5% | $28.9 | $238.90 | 34 | 965 |
| 61 | 62 | 59 | x | x | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) | 741 | 57.90% | 1.2 | 2.2% | $20.0 | $212.90 | 32 | 1,418 |
| 64 | 68 | 67 | x | x | Colorado School of Mines | 693 | 64.60% | 1.6 | 2.0% | $26.8 | $162.70 | 45 | 731 |
| 64 | 64 | 63 | x | x | SUNY每Stony Brook | 741 | 35.80% | 2.2 | 2.5% | $27.1 | $218.20 | 43 | 856 |
| 64 | 64 | 70 | x | x | University of North Carolina每Chapel Hill | 698 | 37.10% | 1.9 | 2.6% | $10.3 | $277.90 | 6 | 149 |
| 67 | 71 | 73 | x | x | University of Missouri每Rolla | 717 | 53.70% | 1.3 | 0.6% | $24.2 | $133.60 | 41 | 984 |
| 68 | 67 | 63 | x | x | Northeastern University (MA) | 748 | 55.30% | 2.4 | 0.0% | $19.3 | $238.70 | 17 | 800 |
| 68 | 71 | 70 | x | x | Oklahoma State University | 786 | 40.80% | 1.4 | 0.8% | $17.5 | $145.70 | 20 | 957 |
| 68 | 81 | 79 | x | x | University of California每Riverside (Bourns) | 757 | 22.10% | 3.3 | 1.4% | $22.6 | $389.40 | 5 | 320 |
| 68 | 71 | 67 | 46 | 48 | University of New Mexico | 719 | 42.70% | 2.9 | 2.1% | $25.1 | $269.50 | 37 | 716 |
| 68 | 81 | x | x | x | University of Tennessee每Knoxville | 736 | 36.00% | 0.9 | 1.9% | $38.3 | $247.10 | 33 | 701 |
| 73 | 71 | 75 | x | x | Clemson University (SC) | 719 | 53.20% | 1.5 | 0.0% | $28.2 | $174.20 | 33 | 829 |
| 73 | 66 | 63 | x | x | Syracuse University (NY) | N/A | 40.20% | 2.8 | 1.5% | $13.3 | $196.00 | 18 | 782 |
| 73 | 75 | 75 | x | x | University of Central Florida | 707 | 25.00% | 2.7 | 0.0% | $48.2 | $362.20 | 44 | 1,110 |
| 73 | 68 | 70 | x | x | University of Connecticut | 736 | 26.90% | 2.6 | 1.0% | $25.6 | $256.20 | 36 | 553 |
| 77 | 78 | 79 | x | x | Auburn University (Ginn) (AL) | 728 | 54.60% | 1.3 | 0.0% | $29.9 | $208.80 | 28 | 694 |
| 77 | 81 | 75 | x | x | Mississippi State University (Bagley) | 726 | 26.80% | 1.1 | 0.0% | $49.2 | $482.70 | 12 | 470 |
| 79 | 81 | x | x | x | George Washington University (DC) | 718 | 57.80% | 1.7 | 1.3% | $18.9 | $248.30 | 52 | 1,412 |
| 79 | 75 | 83 | x | x | Tufts University (MA) | 749 | 53.30% | 1.6 | 1.8% | $6.8 | $118.80 | 9 | 503 |
| 79 | 68 | 67 | x | x | University of Cincinnati | 748 | 27.00% | 2.5 | 0.0% | $20.2 | $139.30 | 61 | 1,115 |
| 82 | 78 | 83 | x | x | Oregon State University | 736 | 40.20% | 1.5 | 0.0% | $19.4 | $191.90 | 29 | 527 |
| 82 | 81 | 75 | x | x | Polytechnic University (NY) | N/A | 69.10% | 1 | 4.7% | $11.3 | $159.80 | 18 | 900 |
| 82 | 75 | 79 | x | x | University of Houston (Cullen) | 737 | 56.40% | 1.9 | 5.4% | $10.4 | $114.20 | 30 | 708 |
| 82 | x | x | x | x | Wayne State University (MI) | N/A | 44.10% | 3.1 | 1.2% | $17.4 | $207.60 | 34 | 1,239 |
| 86 | 81 | x | x | x | Brigham Young University (Fulton) (UT) | 759 | 64.20% | 1 | 0.0% | $15.7 | $147.80 | 20 | 403 |
| 86 | x | x | x | x | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 742 | 58.80% | 2.4 | 4.9% | $12.6 | $128.30 | 12 | 689 |
| 86 | x | x | x | x | Louisiana State University每Baton Rouge | 733 | 29.90% | 1.9 | 0.0% | $15.8 | $124.50 | 28 | 714 |
| 86 | x | x | x | x | University of Kentucky | 751 | 33.70% | 1.9 | 0.0% | $35.3 | $236.80 | 22 | 732 |
| 90 | x | x | x | x | Michigan Technological University | 744 | 54.70% | 1.3 | 0.0% | $15.5 | $112.30 | 19 | 505 |
| 90 | x | x | x | x | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 724 | 65.10% | 1.1 | 0.0% | $36.2 | $280.90 | 35 | 1,135 |
| 90 | 81 | x | x | x | Tulane University (LA) | 718 | 30.60% | 2.3 | 0.0% | $6.8 | $121.80 | 19 | 183 |