| 排名 | 学校名称 | 学校英文名 | 学费/年或/学分 | 学生人数 | GRE均分 | 城市/州 |
| 1 | 范德堡大学 | Vanderbilt University (Peabody) | $2,241 | 763 | 163 | Nashville, TN |
| 2 | 哈佛大学 | Harvard University | N/A | 728 | 161 | Cambridge, MA |
| 3 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford University | $58,746 | 335 | 164 | Stanford, CA |
| 3 | 宾夕法尼亚大学 | University of Pennsylvania | $1,854 | 1,013 | 160 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 5 | 密歇根大学安娜堡分校 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | $55,826 | 433 | 161 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 6 | 密歇根州立大学 | Michigan State University | $1,737 | 708 | 152 | East Lansing, MI |
| 7 | 哥伦比亚大学 | Teachers College, Columbia University | $1,970 | 3,220 | 160 | New York, NY |
| 7 | 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | $24,054 | 762 | 159 | Madison, WI |
| 9 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 | University of Texas, Austin | $18,032 | 537 | N/A | Austin, TX |
| 10 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 | University of California, Los Angeles | $27,366 | 617 | 156 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 11 | 西北大学 | Northwestern University | N/A | 184 | 164 | Evanston, IL |
| 11 | 弗吉尼亚大学 | University of Virginia | $29,200 | 399 | 156 | Charlottesville, VA |
| 13 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | University of California, Berkeley | $27,366 | 235 | 156 | Berkeley, CA |
| 14 | 南加州大学 | University of Southern California (Rossier) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Los Angeles, CA |
| 15 | 宾州州立大学公园分校 | Pennsylvania State University, University Park | $43,266 | 421 | 156 | University Park, PA |
| 16 | 马里兰大学学院公园分校 | University of Maryland, College Park | $1,805 | 422 | 157 | College Park, MD |
| 16 | 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | $28,884 | 212 | 154 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 18 | 伊利诺伊大学厄本那-香槟分校 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $29,760 | 387 | N/A | Champaign, IL |
| 19 | 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校 | University of Colorado, Boulder | $34,488 | 142 | 161 | Boulder, CO |
| 19 | 华盛顿大学 | University of Washington | $34,233 | 643 | 156 | Seattle, WA |
| 21 | 纽约大学 | New York University (Steinhardt) | $50,424 | 1,320 | 159 | New York, NY |
| 22 | 亚利桑那州立大学 | Arizona State University (Fulton) | $25,722 | 798 | 147 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 22 | 波士顿学院 | Boston College (Lynch) | $1,688 | 336 | 157 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 22 | 印第安纳大学伯明顿分校 | Indiana University, Bloomington | $1,545 | 335 | 156 | Bloomington, IN |
| 22 | 俄亥俄州立大学 | Ohio State University | $40,245 | 496 | 155 | Columbus, OH |
| 26 | 佐治亚大学 | University of Georgia | $25,186 | 854 | 152 | Athens, GA |
参考资料：Best Education Schools: Education Policy RankingsUSNEWS