According to America’s Best Colleges, US News, 2009:
| Rank | University |
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Princeton University |
| 3 | Yale University |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 4 | Stanford University |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 8 | Columbia University |
| 8 | Duke University |
| 8 | The University of Chicago |