| Rank/School | Average reputation score (5 = highest) |
| 1. California Institute of Technology | 5.0 |
| 1. Stanford University (CA) | 5.0 |
| 3. Harvard University (MA) | 4.9 |
| 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4.9 |
| 3. Princeton University (NJ) | 4.9 |
| 3. University of California–Berkeley | 4.9 |
| 7. Cornell University (NY) | 4.7 |
| 7. University of Chicago | 4.7 |
| 9. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign | 4.5 |
| 10. Columbia University (NY) | 4.3 |
| 10. University of California–Santa Barbara | 4.3 |
| 10. Yale University (CT) | 4.3 |
| 13. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | 4.1 |
| 14. University of California–Los Angeles | 4.0 |
| 14. University of Maryland–College Park | 4.0 |
| 14. University of Texas–Austin | 4.0 |
| 14. University of Washington | 4.0 |
| 18. University of California–San Diego | 3.9 |
| 18. University of Pennsylvania | 3.9 |
| 18. University of Wisconsin–Madison | 3.9 |
| 21. Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 3.8 |
| 21. Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ) | 3.8 |
| 21. SUNY–Stony Brook | 3.8 |
| 24. University of Minnesota–Minneapolis | 3.7 |
| 25. Ohio State University | 3.6 |
| 25. Rice University (TX) | 3.6 |
| 25. University of Colorado–Boulder | 3.6 |