Washington Monthly - September/October 2019 - 64

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES

RESEARCH

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Stanford University (CA)

7

91

103

250

181

41

5

1

18

2

Harvard University (MA)

2

16

53

302

197

44

3

4

231 386

3

MA Institute of Technology (MA)

18

267

192

170

61

21

7

18

6

88

13

2

8

3

3

330

4

Yale University (CT)

4

107

30

162

137

49

13

11

26 107

17

4

40

10

9

243

5

Duke University (NC)

5

215

19

227

247 298

24

7

10 223

7

12

36

7

15

44

62

57

9

6

6

1

2

67

282

29

NO

3

8

9

15

2

4

165

205

25

NO

4

15

8

NO

2

29

11

NO

3

10

NO

5

6

University of Pennsylvania (PA)

8

121

88

346

207

156

9

35

23

99

4

25

30

8

8

139

230

19

NO

3

7

Univ. of California-San Diego (CA)*

37

88

77

1443

19

5

352

54

62

26

6

45

21

11

7

134

245

30

NO

4

8

Princeton University (NJ)

3

103

76

143

105

18

44

2

41 148

64

5

41

5

5

62

74

11

NO

2

9

Georgetown University (DC)

13

89

45

222

279 232

1

65

27

83

92

33

136

152 76

8

144

11

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3

10

Texas A&M Univ.-Coll. Station (TX)*

72

32

251 1342 280 106

100

101

58

5

16

133

9

141

62

182

2

22

NO

2

11

University of California-Davis (CA)*

45

38

131

1523

40

31

126

93

76

11

25

54

19

69

25

88

257

28

NO

3

12

Univ. of California-Los Angeles (CA)*

21

64

121

1584

47

25

233

41

97 120

10

38

13

25

14

51

187

22

NO

2

99 206

13

Columbia Univ. in the City of NY (NY)

26

133

82

97

44

46

22

17

18

13

25

20

10

66

274

16

NO

2

14

Utah State University (UT)*

247

57

7

502

39

184

16

105 121

3

94

244

133

110 167

335

105

52

NO

0

15

Brigham Young University (UT)

1

3

47

963

7

373

6

75

57

43

176

41

135

215 148

296

118

0

NO

0

16

University of Florida (FL)*

40

20

153

1652

87

68

157

19

191 227

23

43

7

82

69

43

119

8

NO

5

17

Univ. of IL-Urbana-Champaign (IL)*

41

36

139

1195

97

104

142

98

88 118

31

46

10

23

36

110

132

17

NO

4
2

18

University of California-Irvine (CA)*

35

23

86

1654

20

6

230

61

129 73

60

93

32

22

33

156

254

22

NO

19

Univ. of Washington-Seattle (WA)*

49

40

143

995

249

66

284

20

98 106

3

62

16

16

12

24

99

12

NO

3

20

Univ. of California-Berkeley (CA)*

22

161

78

965

35

12

330

49

117 305

22

21

2

6

6

63

212

14

NO

2

21

University of CA-Santa Barbara (CA)*

54

46

93

1229

37

11

286

90

154 76

82

64

51

41

11

57

242

25

NO

4

22

University of NC-Chapel Hill (NC)*

34

126

123

683

107

197

314

15

56

98

11

31

26

27

37

13

120

15

NO

4

23

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)*

47

62

169

724

298 273

273

138

39

41

5

37

3

26

18

20

141

11

NO

5

24

CA State University-Fresno (CA)*

181

66

264

811

74

42

5

250 32

243

323

294 226 167

234

151

54

NO

2
2

62

25

Cornell University (NY)

12

220

41

473

206 258

102

170

28 216

12

11

18

21

20

72

157

18

NO

26

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI)*

32

186

156

832

239 238

276

8

102 337

2

30

1

39

26

28

189

9

NO

5

27

Univ. of California-Riverside (CA)*

113

214

58

1714

14

299

39

232 329

108

165

70

36

64

104

288

52

NO

2

28

Brown University (RI)

6

68

64

223

177

172

306

32

16

48

67

8

84

9

35

30

283

7

NO

5

29

Washington State University (WA)*

151

17

179

630

272

192

36

126 113

4

61

191

59

123 87

162

66

9

NO

5

30

University of Notre Dame (IN)

9

119

95

225

236 323

54

113

81

89

24

82

30 104

58

13

25

NO

1

31

University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)*

171

163

83

917

70

88

181 65

56

178

53

79

214

208

2

NO

5

2

3

22

2

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OVERALL SCORE: Overall score represents the combined score of our three metrics-social mobility, research, and service-with each metric being
weighted equally.
SOCIAL MOBILITY: The first column ranks the college by the percentage of all students graduating within eight years, and the second column ranks based
on the predicted rate of graduation (based on incoming ACT/SAT scores, Pell Grant percentages, and other measures; see our full methodology on page 105).
The third column ranks colleges based on the difference in six-year graduation rates between Pell Grant recipients and those who did not receive a Pell Grant.
The fourth column lists the number of Pell Grant recipients who graduated with a bachelor's degree. The fifth and sixth columns rank the difference between
the actual and predicted percentages of Pell Grant recipients and first-generation students based on ACT/SAT scores, the percentage of students admitted,
and the state's family income distribution. The seventh column ranks colleges based on the difference between actual and predicted earnings of all students
(dropouts and graduates) ten years after starting college, after controlling for student demographics and majors, living costs, and other factors. The eighth
column ranks by the net price of attending that institution, or the average price that first-time, full-time students who have a family income below $75,000 per
year and receive financial aid pay for college after subtracting grants and scholarships. The final two columns rank colleges based on the actual and predicted
performance of the percentage of students who repaid at least $1 in principal on their loans within five years of entering repayment.
RESEARCH: The first column ranks total research expenditures. The second shows the college's ranking in the number of bachelor's recipients who go on to
receive PhDs, relative to college size. The third ranks the college by the number of science and engineering PhDs awarded. The fourth column shows the college's ranking by the number of faculty receiving prestigious awards, relative to the number of full-time faculty. The fifth column ranks the college by the number of faculty who are members of the National Academies, relative to the number of full-time faculty.
SERVICE: The first column ranks the college by the number of alumni who go on to serve in the Peace Corps, relative to college size. The second column ranks
the college by the percentage of students who serve in ROTC. The third is the percentage of funds in federal work-study money that go to community service
(versus non-community service). The fourth category reflects whether a college matches AmeriCorps service grants for undergraduate students in all fields
of study (yes), at least one (some), or none (no). The final category includes measures of a college's voting engagement, and colleges can score between zero
and five points in this category.
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