Rank/School Average assessment
　　score (5.0=highest)
　　1.  Stanford University (CA) 4.8
　　2.  Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 4.3
　　University of California–Berkeley  4.3
　　University of Texas–Austin  4.3
　　5.  University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  4.2
　　University of Michigan–Ann Arbor  4.2
　　7.  Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.0
　　Georgia Institute of Technology  4.0
　　University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill  4.0
　　10.  California Institute of Technology  3.9
　　11.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology  3.8
　　Virginia Tech  3.8
　　13.  Cornell University (NY) 3.7
　　University of California–Davis  3.7
　　15.  Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.6
　　University of Iowa  3.6
　　University of Washington  3.6
　　University of Wisconsin–Madison  3.6
　　19.  Princeton University (NJ) 3.5
　　20.  Clemson University (SC) 3.4
　　Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 3.4
　　University of Colorado–Boulder  3.4
　　23.  Arizona State University (Fulton)  3.3
　　Clarkson University (NY) 3.3
　　Michigan Technological University  3.3
　　Pennsylvania State University–University Park  3.3
　　University of Arizona  3.3
　　28.  Duke University (NC) 3.2
　　Michigan State University  3.2
　　University of Cincinnati  3.2
　　University of Florida  3.2
　　32.  Colorado State University  3.0
　　University of Massachusetts–Amherst  3.0
　　34.  Oregon State University  2.9
　　Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.9
　　University of California–Irvine (Samueli)  2.9
　　37.  Colorado School of Mines  2.8
　　OGI School of Sci. & Engineering–Oregon Health & Sci. U.  2.8
　　Ohio State University  2.8
　　Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.8
　　University of Connecticut  2.8
　　Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.8
　　Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)  2.8
　　44.  Drexel University (PA) 2.7
　　University of Delaware  2.7
　　University of Southern California (Viterbi)  2.7
　　47.  Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge  2.6
　　SUNY Col. of Environmental Sci. and Forestry  2.6
　　Tufts University (MA) 2.6
　　University at Buffalo–SUNY  2.6
　　University of California–Riverside (Bourns)  2.6
　　University of Oklahoma  2.6
　　53.  Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)  2.5
　　University of Pittsburgh  2.5