| 1 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 97 | $13,481 | $92,446 | $13,000 | 92.8% | Exceptional |
| 2 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 97 | $12,116 | $102,772 | $21,672 | 94.0% | Exceptional |
| 3 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | 96 | $16,665 | $90,768 | $18,500 | 86.4% | Exceptional |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 96 | $12,548 | $82,511 | $14,000 | 92.6% | Exceptional |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | 96 | $12,470 | $84,943 | $15,500 | 86.1% | Exceptional |
| 6 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | 95 | $14,741 | $80,838 | $13,000 | 85.7% | Exceptional |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 95 | $13,138 | $83,648 | $19,500 | 93.2% | Exceptional |
| 8 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | 95 | $21,565 | $86,863 | $17,500 | 95.6% | Exceptional |
| 9 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | 94 | $14,251 | $80,735 | $15,000 | 86.9% | Exceptional |
| 10 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 94 | $28,690 | $97,335 | $23,000 | 81.7% | Exceptional |
| 11 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 94 | $15,678 | $82,860 | $19,000 | 88.6% | Exceptional |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 94 | $11,655 | $72,200 | $14,000 | 91.2% | Exceptional |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | 94 | $14,091 | $78,466 | $14,615 | 85.2% | Exceptional |
| 14 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 93 | $14,355 | $81,054 | $19,500 | 85.1% | Exceptional |
| 15 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY | 93 | $6,174 | $90,610 | $8,833 | 82.4% | Exceptional |
| 16 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 92 | $6,541 | $71,588 | $15,000 | 91.1% | Exceptional |
| 17 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA | 92 | $21,582 | $82,392 | $25,000 | 74.1% | Exceptional |
| 18 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 92 | $16,504 | $84,276 | $21,000 | 72.8% | Exceptional |
| 19 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY | 92 | $3,033 | $75,971 | $11,512 | 72.1% | Exceptional |
| 20 | San Jose State University San Jose, CA | 91 | $13,760 | $78,988 | $15,000 | 69.2% | Exceptional |
| 21 | SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY | 91 | $22,367 | $95,951 | $23,250 | 64.4% | Exceptional |
| 22 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | 91 | $19,096 | $73,490 | $18,500 | 89.4% | Exceptional |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | 91 | $17,354 | $73,792 | $20,484 | 89.5% | Exceptional |
| 24 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | 91 | $14,600 | $72,424 | $19,500 | 83.1% | Exceptional |
| 25 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA | 91 | $12,319 | $78,466 | $14,615 | 65.3% | Exceptional |
| 26 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA | 91 | $10,163 | $78,466 | $14,615 | 63.2% | Exceptional |
| 27 | University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL | 91 | $4,815 | $71,588 | $15,000 | 84.7% | Exceptional |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 90 | $16,109 | $74,915 | $13,993 | 83.0% | Exceptional |
| 29 | California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA | 90 | $20,555 | $94,784 | $24,965 | 59.7% | Exceptional |
| 30 | Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO | 90 | $16,298 | $82,957 | $23,250 | 64.4% | Exceptional |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 90 | $19,857 | $75,121 | $20,500 | 88.9% | Exceptional |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA | 89 | $11,531 | $71,902 | $16,000 | 68.4% | Strong |
| 33 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | 89 | $14,182 | $78,198 | $24,990 | 68.1% | Strong |
| 34 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM | 89 | $9,873 | $76,489 | $19,085 | 57.0% | Strong |
| 35 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | 89 | $21,620 | $80,596 | $18,500 | 81.6% | Strong |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX | 89 | $21,315 | $72,097 | $17,804 | 83.9% | Strong |
| 37 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 89 | $24,953 | $81,698 | $21,500 | 86.2% | Strong |
| 38 | California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | 88 | $6,555 | $62,951 | $13,750 | 70.2% | Strong |
| 39 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 88 | $13,936 | $68,726 | $18,500 | 89.7% | Strong |
| 40 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 88 | $16,778 | $69,020 | $19,500 | 85.3% | Strong |
| 41 | Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA | 88 | $17,113 | $77,369 | $22,996 | 76.2% | Strong |
| 42 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | 87 | $18,784 | $74,502 | $18,228 | 75.6% | Strong |
| 43 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 87 | $17,303 | $68,758 | $20,121 | 84.8% | Strong |
| 44 | University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | 87 | $13,807 | $73,997 | $21,500 | 61.6% | Strong |
| 45 | University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | 87 | $16,403 | $73,997 | $21,500 | 65.0% | Strong |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | 86 | $10,440 | $64,403 | $14,289 | 68.9% | Strong |
| 47 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | 86 | $17,799 | $72,950 | $24,572 | 80.5% | Strong |
| 48 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 86 | $22,253 | $71,513 | $21,500 | 86.6% | Strong |
| 49 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | 86 | $17,915 | $76,343 | $19,500 | 67.8% | Strong |
| 50 | University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | 85 | $17,890 | $68,396 | $16,666 | 75.1% | Strong |