| 1 | Stanford University |
| 2 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin—Madison |
| 5 | Vanderbilt University (Peabody) |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 7 | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 8 | Northwestern University |
| 8 | University of Washington |
| 10 | University of Texas—Austin |
| 11 | University of California—Los Angeles |
| 12 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor |
| 12 | University of Oregon |
| 14 | Arizona State University |
| 15 | Michigan State University |
| 15 | New York University (Steinhardt) |
| 15 | University of Kansas |
| 18 | Ohio State University |
| 18 | University of California—Berkeley |
| 20 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities |
| 21 | University of Southern California (Rossier) |
| 21 | University of Virginia (Curry) |
| 23 | Boston College (Lynch) |
| 23 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign |
| 25 | University of California—Irvine |
| 26 | University of Connecticut (Neag) |
| 26 | University of Maryland—College Park |
| 28 | Indiana University—Bloomington |
| 28 | University of Colorado—Boulder |
| 30 | University of Florida |
| 30 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 30 | Utah State University |
| 33 | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 34 | University of Georgia |
| 35 | University of Delaware |
| 35 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill |
| 37 | Florida State University |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park |
| 39 | Texas A&M University—College Station |
| 39 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln |
| 41 | University of Illinois—Chicago |
| 42 | Purdue University—West Lafayette |
| 42 | University of Iowa |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts—Amherst |
| 45 | Boston University |
| 45 | Fordham University |
| 45 | George Washington University |
| 45 | University of Missouri |
| 49 | Lehigh University |
| 49 | University of California—Santa Barbara (Gevirtz) |
| 51 | George Mason University |
| 51 | North Carolina State University—Raleigh |
| 51 | University of California—Davis |
| 51 | University of Utah |
| 55 | College of William and Mary |
| 55 | Syracuse University |
| 55 | Temple University |
| 55 | University of Arizona |
| 59 | Georgia State University |
| 59 | Tufts University |
| 59 | University of Kentucky |
| 62 | Loyola Marymount University |
| 62 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick |
| 62 | University of California—Riverside |
| 62 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville |
| 66 | University at Albany—SUNY |
| 66 | University of Hawaii—Manoa |
| 66 | University of Vermont |
| 69 | San Diego State University |
| 69 | University of Miami |
| 71 | Boise State University |
| 71 | University at Buffalo—SUNY |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts—Boston |
| 74 | Auburn University |
| 74 | Clemson University (Moore) |
| 99 | University of California—San Diego |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee |
| 78 | Baylor University |
| 78 | Brigham Young University—Provo (McKay) |
| 78 | Iowa State University |
| 78 | University of California—Santa Cruz |
| 78 | University of Louisville |
| 78 | University of North Carolina—Greensboro |
| 78 | University of Oklahoma (Rainbolt) |
| 78 | University of South Carolina |
| 78 | University of South Florida |
| 78 | Virginia Tech |
| 78 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 89 | Kansas State University |
| 89 | University of North Carolina—Charlotte |
| 91 | University of Arkansas—Fayetteville |
| 91 | University of Central Florida |
| 93 | Ball State University |
| 93 | Montclair State University |
| 93 | University of Cincinnati |
| 93 | University of Maine |
| 93 | University of Mississippi |
| 93 | University of San Diego |
| 99 | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge |
| 99 | Loyola University Chicago |
| 99 | Mills College |
| 99 | Ohio University |
| 99 | Southern Illinois University—Carbondale |
| 99 | Towson University |
| 99 | University of Colorado—Denver |
| 99 | West Virginia University |
*Ranking data reference: U.S. News 2017
