Rank/School Average assessment
　　score (5.0=highest)
　　1.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology  4.7
　　2.  University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  4.6
　　3.  Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 4.5
　　University of California–Santa Barbara  4.5
　　5.  Stanford University (CA) 4.3
　　6.  University of California–Berkeley  4.1
　　University of Florida  4.1
　　University of Michigan–Ann Arbor  4.1
　　9.  Cornell University (NY) 4.0
　　Pennsylvania State University–University Park  4.0
　　11.  California Institute of Technology  3.8
　　Georgia Institute of Technology  3.8
　　13.  Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.7
　　14.  Ohio State University  3.6
　　University of Pennsylvania  3.6
　　University of Wisconsin–Madison  3.6
　　17.  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.5
　　18.  Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.4
　　19.  Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 3.3
　　Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA) 3.3
　　North Carolina State University  3.3
　　University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)  3.3
　　University of Minnesota–Twin Cities  3.3
　　University of Washington  3.3
　　25.  Brown University (RI) 3.2
　　Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.2
　　University of Texas–Austin  3.2
　　28.  Iowa State University  3.1
　　University of California–Davis  3.1
　　University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)  3.1
　　University of Virginia  3.1
　　Virginia Tech  3.1
　　33.  University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)  3.0
　　34.  Colorado School of Mines  2.9
　　Drexel University (PA) 2.9
　　Michigan State University  2.9
　　Rice University (Brown) (TX) 2.9
　　Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.9
　　University of Arizona  2.9
　　40.  Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 2.8
　　Michigan Technological University  2.8
　　SUNY–Stony Brook  2.8
　　University of Pittsburgh  2.8
　　University of Southern California (Viterbi)  2.8
　　45.  Alfred Univ.–New York State Col. of Ceramics (Inamori)  2.7
　　University of California–Irvine (Samueli)  2.7
　　47.  University of Connecticut  2.6
　　University of Delaware  2.6
　　University of Missouri–Rolla  2.6
　　50.  Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) 2.5
　　Washington State University  2.5