認識排行榜

美國大學研究所學校排行榜名次一向是台灣同學選校時重要的考慮因素之一，但是您知道所謂的排行榜名次是如何決定的嗎？其公正性又如何呢？大家一定很好奇吧！現在就讓我們為您揭開排行榜神秘的面紗。

一般而言，美國大學研究所排行榜有幾個不同的"品牌"，如U.S.News World Report (美國新聞與世界報導)、Gourman Report (辜曼報告) 等，這些排行榜雖然都是由非官方的私人機構主辦，但因為其評估方式頗為客觀，所以相當具公信力，這些品牌中又以U.S.News World Report (美國新聞與世界報導) 最具知名度也最受台灣同學青睞。

U.S. News World Report(美國新聞與世界報導)的排名方式是將大學及研究所分開排名，並且每年更新一次排名資料。關於各校的排名順序的評估標準大致可分為：
(1) 邀請相關科系的校長、教授為所有學校評分，此部份比例約15%∼25%。
(2) 邀集學術界以外雇用畢業生的企業界來評分，此部份比例約15%∼25%。
(3) 以各校入學學生的品質作評估，也就是將入學學生的入學考試成績 (GRE、GMAT、SAT、GPA...等) 作一平均以成為評估的指標。
(4) 就各校所能提供給學生的教學資源及教學品質作評估，例如教育經費、研究經費、師生比例...等。

排行榜是各校相當重視的一環，而以上的第3、4項排名指標則是各校唯一能做有效控制的部份，因為此兩項指標不但會影響學校的排名，也通常是學生們在選校時的重要參考標準，故各校在挑選新生時，會對申請者的各項成績表現 (GRE、GMAT、SAT、GPA) 訂出一標準要求，且會選擇在某項考試中成績特別優異者優先准許入學，以提高自己的平均，使之能在排行榜中有好的排名表現。

2008年美國大學排名

排名	學　　校
1	Princeton University
2	Harvard University
3	Yale University(CT)
4	Stanford University(CA)
5	University of Pennsylvania
5	California Institute of Technology
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8	Duke University(NC)
9	Columbia University(NY)
9	University of Chicago
11	Dartmouth College(NH)
12	Washington University in St. Louis
12	Cornell University(NY)
14	Brown University(RI)
14	Northwestern University(IL)
14	Johns Hopkins University(MD)
17	Rice University(TX)
17	Emory University(GA)
19	Vanderbilt University(TN)
19	University of Notre Dame(IN)
21	University of California - Berkeley
22	Carnegie Mellon University(PA)
23	University of Virginia
23	Georgetown University(DC)
25	University of California - Los Angeles
25	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
27	University of Southern California
28	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
28	Tufts University(MA)
30	Wake Forest University(NC)
31	Lehigh University(PA)
31	Brandeis University(MA)
33	College of William and Mary(VA)
34	New York University
35	University of Rochester(NY)
35	Georgia Institute of Technology
35	Boston College
38	University of Wisconsin - Madison
38	University of California - San Diego
38	University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign
41	Case Western Reserve University(OH)
42	University of Washington
42	University of California - Davis
44	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(NY)
44	University of Texas - Austin
44	University of California - Santa Barbara
44	University of California - Irvine
48	Pennsylvania State University - University Park
49	University of Florida
50	Syracuse University(NY)
50	Tulane University(LA)
52	Yeshiva University(NY)
52	University of Miami(FL)
54	Pepperdine University(CA)
54	George Washington University(DC)
54	University of Maryland - College Park
57	Ohio State University - Columbus
57	Boston University
59	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick(NJ)
59	University of Pittsburgh
59	University of Georgia
62	Texas A&M University - College Station
62	Worcester Polytechnic Institute(MA)
64	University of Connecticut
64	Purdue University - West Lafayette(IN)
64	University of Iowa
67	Fordham University(NY)
67	Miami University - Oxford(OH)
67	Clemson University(SC)
67	Southern Methodist University(TX)
71	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
71	Virginia Tech
71	University of Delaware
71	Michigan State University
75	Stevens Institute of Technology(NJ)
75	Baylor University(TX)
75	Colorado School of Mines
75	Indiana University - Bloomington
79	Brigham Young University - Provo(UT)
79	University of California - Santa Cruz
79	University of Colorado - Boulder
82	St. Louis University
82	SUNY - Binghamton
82	Marquette University(WI)
85	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
85	North Carolina State University - Raleigh
85	University of Denver
85	American University(DC)
85	Iowa State University
85	University of Kansas
91	University of Alabama
91	University of Missouri - Columbia
91	University of Nebraska - Lincoln
91	University of Tulsa(OK)
91	Clark University(MA)
96	Auburn University(AL)
96	SUNY - Stony Brook
96	University of Tennessee
96	University of Vermont
96	University of Arizona
96	University of the Pacific(CA)
96	University of California - Riverside
96	Howard University(DC)
96	Illinois Institute of Technology
96	Northeastern University(MA)
96	University of Massachusetts - Amherst

2008年美國研究所排名
工學院排名

排名	學　　校
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2	Stanford University (CA)
3	University of California–Berkeley
4	Georgia Institute of Technology
5	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
6	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
7	California Institute of Technology
7	University of Southern California (Viterbi)
9	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
10	Cornell University (NY)
11	University of Texas–Austin
12	Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
13	University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)
14	Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)
14	University of Wisconsin–Madison
16	University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)
16	16University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)
18	Princeton University (NJ)
19	Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)
19	University of California–Santa Barbara
21	Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)
21	Pennsylvania State University–University Park
23	Harvard University (MA)
23	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
23	University of Washington
26	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)
26	Ohio State University
26	University of Florida
29	University of Pennsylvania
30	Duke University (NC)
30	Rice University (Brown) (TX)
30	University of Rochester (NY)
33	Virginia Tech
34	North Carolina State University
34	University of California–Davis
36	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
37	University of California–Irvine (Samueli)
37	University of Virginia
37	Yale University (CT)
40	University of Colorado–Boulder
41	Boston University
42	Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)
42	Vanderbilt University (TN)
42	Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)
45	Case Western Reserve University (OH)
45	Iowa State University
47	Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)
47	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
47	University of Delaware
50	Arizona State University (Fulton)
50	University of Pittsburgh

法學院排名

排名	學　　校
1	Yale University (CT)
2	Harvard University (MA)
2	Stanford University (CA)
4	New York University
5	Columbia University (NY)
6	University of Chicago
6	University of Pennsylvania
8	University of California–Berkeley
8	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
10	Duke University (NC)
10	University of Virginia
12	Northwestern University (IL)
13	Cornell University (NY)
14	Georgetown University (DC)
15	University of California–Los Angeles
16	University of Southern California (Gould)
16	Vanderbilt University (TN)
18	University of Texas–Austin
19	Washington University in St. Louis
20	Boston University
20	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
22	Emory University (GA)
22	George Washington University (DC)
24	University of Iowa
25	Fordham University (NY)
25	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
25	Washington and Lee University (VA)
28	Boston College
28	University of Notre Dame (IN)
28	University of Washington
31	College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (VA)
31	Ohio State University (Moritz)
31	University of Wisconsin–Madison
34	George Mason University (VA)
34	University of California–Davis
36	Indiana University–Bloomington
36	University of Alabama
36	36University of California (Hastings)
36	University of Colorado–Boulder
36	University of Georgia
36	University of Maryland
36	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
36	Wake Forest University (NC)
44	Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT)
44	University of Arizona (Rogers)
46	Southern Methodist University (TX)
47	American University (Washington) (DC)
47	Tulane University (LA)
47	University of Connecticut
47	University of Florida (Levin)
51	Arizona State University (O'Connor)
52	Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY)
53	Baylor University (TX)
53	Case Western Reserve University (OH)
53	Florida State University
53	University of Tennessee–Knoxville
57	University of Cincinnati
57	University of Pittsburgh
57	University of Utah (Quinney)
60	Brooklyn Law School (NY)
60	Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
60	Temple University (Beasley) (PA)
60	University of Houston
60	University of Kentucky
60	Villanova University (PA)
66	Loyola Law School (CA)
66	Pepperdine University (CA)
66	University of Kansas
66	University of Missouri–Columbia
70	Loyola University Chicago
70	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Camden
70	Seton Hall University (NJ)
70	St. John's University (NY)
70	University of Miami (FL)
70	University of New Mexico
70	University of Oklahoma
77	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
77	University at Buffalo–SUNY
77	University of Denver (Sturm)
77	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
77	University of Richmond (VA)
82	Georgia State University
82	Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR)
82	University of Oregon
85	Indiana University–Indianapolis
85	Northeastern University (MA)
85	Seattle University
85	St. Louis University
85	University of San Diego
85	University of Toledo (OH)
91	DePaul University (IL)
91	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
91	Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)
91	Santa Clara University (CA)
91	University of Hawaii (Richardson)
91	University of South Carolina
97	Catholic University of America (Columbus) (DC)
97	Marquette University (WI)
97	University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY)
100	Mercer University (GA)
100	Stetson University (FL)
100	University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Boyd)
100	University of San Francisco
100	University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA)

商學院排名

排名	學　　校
1	Harvard University (MA)
2	Stanford University (CA)
3	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
5	Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
5	University of Chicago
7	Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
8	University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
9	Columbia University (NY)
10	New York University (Stern)
11	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)
12	Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
12	University of Virginia (Darden)
14	Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
14	Yale University (CT)
16	University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
17	Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)
18	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
18	University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
20	Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
21	University of Southern California (Marshall)
22	Ohio State University (Fisher)
22	Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)
24	Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley)
25	Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)
25	Georgia Institute of Technology
25	University of Maryland–College Park (Smith)
25	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)
29	Michigan State University (Broad)
29	Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)
29	University of Washington
29	University of Wisconsin–Madison
29	Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
34	Pennsylvania State University–University Park (Smeal)
34	Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN)
36	University of Rochester (Simon) (NY)
37	University of Florida (Warrington)
37	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
39	Boston College (Carroll)
39	University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN) ***
41	Arizona State University–Main Campus (Carey)
41	Babson College (Olin) (MA)
41	Boston University
41	Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)
45	Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)
46	University of California–Davis
46	University of Georgia (Terry)
48	Rice University (Jones) (TX)
49	Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC)
50	University of Iowa (Tippie)