<strong>The</strong> Top American Research UniversitiesChange: StudentsSAT ScoresInstitutions with Over $20 Millionin Federal Research, Alphabetically2005SAT Range(V; Q) orACT Range1996SAT Range(V; Q) orACT RangeNetChangeinSATPercentChangeinSATNetChangeinNationalRankNetChangeinControlRankPublic Arizona State <strong>University</strong> - Tempe 490-610,500-620 480-600; 490-600 25 2.3% 138 6Public Auburn <strong>University</strong> 21-27 520-620; 520-630 -35 -3.1% 205 60Private Baylor College of Medicine N/A N/APrivate Boston <strong>University</strong> 600-690,610-700 65 5.3% -25 -14Private Brandeis <strong>University</strong> 630-720,630-720 610-690; 600-710 45 3.4% 6 8Private Brown <strong>University</strong> 660-760,670-780 640-740; 640-740 55 4.0% 1 1Private Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Institute of Technology 700-770,750-800 690-780; 740-800 5 0.3% 0 0Private Carnegie Mellon <strong>University</strong> 610-710,680-760 600-700; 660-750 25 1.8% 13 13Private Case Western Reserve <strong>University</strong> 600-700,640-740 600-710; 640-740 -5 -0.4% 28 27Private Charles R. Drew Univ. of Med. & Sci. N/A N/APublic City Univ. of New York - City College 410-560,460-615 NRPublic Clemson <strong>University</strong> 540-640,570-660 510-600; 530-620 75 6.6% -35 -16Public College of William and Mary 630-730,630-710 600-710; 590-690 55 4.2% -4 -5Public Colorado State <strong>University</strong> 22-26 500-600; 520-600 0 0.0% 166 29Private Columbia <strong>University</strong> 670-760,670-780 640-750; 640-730 60 4.3% -3 -3Private Cornell <strong>University</strong> 630-720,660-760 600-700; 640-730 50 3.7% -1 -1Private Cornell <strong>University</strong> Weill Med. College N/A N/APrivate Dartmouth College 670-770,680-780 660-750; 670-760 30 2.1% 3 3Public Desert Research Institute N/A N/APrivate Drexel <strong>University</strong> 530-630,550-670 NRPrivate Duke <strong>University</strong> 660-750,670-780 640-730; 650-750 45 3.2% 6 6Private Emory <strong>University</strong> 640-720,660-740 620-710; 630-720 40 3.0% 7 7Public Florida A&M <strong>University</strong> 15-21 NRPublic Florida International <strong>University</strong> 520-590,510-590 450-560; 450-560 95 9.4% 159 -23Public Florida State <strong>University</strong> 530-620,540-630 510-610; 510-610 40 3.6% 49 -2Public George Mason <strong>University</strong> 490-600,510-610 NRPrivate George Washington <strong>University</strong> 590-690,590-690 560-660; 550-650 70 5.8% -29 -20Private Georgetown <strong>University</strong> 640-750,650-740 550-660; 620-710 120 9.4% -45 -38Public Georgia Institute of Technology 600-690,650-730 590-680; 640-730 15 1.1% 20 1Public Georgia State <strong>University</strong> 490-590,500-600 480-580; 480-560 40 3.8% 205 3Private Hampton <strong>University</strong> 478-626,464-599 NRPrivate Harvard <strong>University</strong> 700-790,700-790 700-790; 690-790 5 0.3% 2 2Private Howard <strong>University</strong> 430-690,450-680 NRPublic Indiana <strong>University</strong> - Bloomington 490-610,500-620 NRPublic Indiana U. - Purdue U. - Indianapolis 440-550,440-560 420-530; 400-520 60 6.4% 646 154Public Iowa State <strong>University</strong> 21-27 470-620; 500-650 -10 -0.9% 179 41Public Jackson State <strong>University</strong> 16-20Private Johns Hopkins <strong>University</strong> 630-730,650-760 620-730; 650-740 15 1.1% 11 11Public Kansas State <strong>University</strong> 20-26Private Lehigh <strong>University</strong> 600-680,640-720 550-630; 580-670 105 8.6% -49 -34Private Loma Linda <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APublic Louisiana State Univ. - Baton Rouge 22-27 20-26 70 6.5% 27 -37Public Louisiana State <strong>University</strong> HSC N/A N/APrivate Loyola <strong>University</strong> Chicago 22-27Private Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 690-770,740-800 650-750; 720-790 45 3.1% 0 0Public Medical College of Georgia N/A N/APrivate Medical College of Wisconsin N/A N/APublic Medical <strong>University</strong> of South Carolina N/A N/APrivate Meharry Medical College N/A N/A126<strong>The</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Measuring</strong> <strong>University</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance
<strong>The</strong> Top American Research UniversitiesNational Merit and Achievement ScholarsHeadcount Enrollment2006NationalMeritScholars1997NationalMeritScholarsNetChangeinMeritScholarsPercentChangeinMeritScholarsNetChangeinNationalRankNetChangeinControlRankFall 2005TotalStudentHeadcountFall 1996TotalStudentHeadcountNetChangeinEnrollmentPercentChangeinEnrollment190 47 143 304.3% -33 -17 51,612 42,463 9,149 21.5%31 24 7 29.2% -23 -13 23,333 21,778 1,555 7.1%N/A N/A 1,340 1,157 183 15.8%58 65 -7 -10.8% 14 9 30,957 28,706 2,251 7.8%33 31 2 6.5% -10 -3 5,189 4,219 970 23.0%105 71 34 47.9% -3 0 8,261 7,626 635 8.3%30 38 -8 -21.1% 8 6 2,169 1,902 267 14.0%27 27 0 0.0% -9 -1 10,017 7,749 2,268 29.3%51 47 4 8.5% 6 5 9,615 9,970 -355 -3.6%N/A N/A 158 317 -159 -50.2%1 0 1 -126 -43 12,360 12,485 -125 -1.0%46 27 19 70.4% -35 -21 17,165 16,526 639 3.9%13 2 11 550.0% -123 -43 7,544 7,722 -178 -2.3%13 0 13 -291 -103 27,780 25,865 1,915 7.4%78 35 43 122.9% -36 -15 21,983 19,603 2,380 12.1%72 41 31 75.6% -20 -7 19,642 21,865 -2,223 -10.2%N/A N/A 818 669 149 22.3%79 62 17 27.4% 0 1 5,780 5,090 690 13.6%N/A N/A5 3 2 66.7% -25 -14 18,466 9,595 8,871 92.5%147 81 66 81.5% -9 -3 14,075 11,589 2,486 21.5%61 55 6 10.9% 3 2 12,134 11,270 864 7.7%1 73 -72 -98.6% 267 107 12,154 10,667 1,487 13.9%0 0 0 7 9 36,904 29,720 7,184 24.2%17 67 -50 -74.6% 79 38 39,146 30,154 8,992 29.8%1 0 1 -126 -43 29,728 24,368 5,360 22.0%13 48 -35 -72.9% 86 47 24,099 18,986 5,113 26.9%60 36 24 66.7% -22 -8 13,652 12,629 1,023 8.1%117 108 9 8.3% 5 0 17,135 12,985 4,150 32.0%1 0 1 -126 -43 25,967 23,410 2,557 10.9%7 3 4 133.3% -58 -38 6,309 5,552 757 13.6%362 398 -36 -9.0% 0 0 25,017 24,409 608 2.5%20 43 -23 -53.5% 50 29 10,930 10,248 682 6.7%59 20 39 195.0% -67 -36 37,958 34,700 3,258 9.4%1 0 1 -126 -43 29,933 27,011 2,922 10.8%50 113 -63 -55.8% 35 15 25,741 24,899 842 3.4%1 0 1 -126 -43 8,416 6,218 2,198 35.3%40 43 -3 -7.0% 9 6 19,225 15,716 3,509 22.3%9 21 -12 -57.1% 51 17 23,182 19,558 3,624 18.5%13 7 6 85.7% -51 -34 6,748 6,238 510 8.2%0 0 0 7 -2 3,854 3,260 594 18.2%45 41 4 9.8% -1 -3 34,128 27,505 6,623 24.1%N/A N/A 2,207 2,965 -758 -25.6%12 0 12 -282 -183 14,764 13,759 1,005 7.3%159 127 32 25.2% 1 2 10,206 9,947 259 2.6%N/A N/A 2,131 2,499 -368 -14.7%N/A N/A 1,325 1,246 79 6.3%N/A N/A 2,499 2,296 203 8.8%N/A N/A 707 733 -26 -3.5%<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>127