<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 Michigan State <strong>University</strong> 22-27 480-600; 490-620 45 4.1% 46 -20Public Mississippi State <strong>University</strong> 19-27 NRPublic Montana State <strong>University</strong> - Bozeman 20-26 480-590; 490-610 -15 -1.4% 289 55Private Morehouse School of Medicine N/A N/APrivate Mount Sinai School of Medicine N/A N/APublic New Jersey Institute of Technology 470-590,540-650 470-570; 520-620 35 3.2% 105 -3Public New Mexico State Univ. - Las Cruces 18-23 NRPrivate New York Medical College N/A N/APrivate New York <strong>University</strong> 620-710,620-710 600-690; 590-690 45 3.5% 0 4Public North Carolina State <strong>University</strong> 530-630,570-660 510-610; 530-640 50 4.4% -4 -2Public North Dakota State <strong>University</strong> 20-26Private Northeastern <strong>University</strong> 560-650,580-670 490-600; 490-600 140 12.8% -125 -56Private Northwestern <strong>University</strong> 650-740,670-760 620-710; 630-720 70 5.2% -6 -6Public Ohio State <strong>University</strong> - Columbus 24-28 500-620; 500-630 55 4.9% -2 -6Public Ohio <strong>University</strong> - Athens 21-25 500-600; 510-600 -35 -3.2% 312 75Public Oklahoma State Univ. - Stillwater 22-27 500-630; 510-640 0 0.0% 100 23Public Old Dominion <strong>University</strong> 480-580,480-580 NRPublic Oregon Health & Science <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APublic Oregon State <strong>University</strong> 470-590,490-610 460-590; 480-600 15 1.4% 243 31Public Penn. State Univ. - Hershey Med. Ctr. N/A N/APublic Penn. State <strong>University</strong> - Univ. Park 530-630,560-660 540-640; 570-670 -20 -1.7% 82 26Private Princeton <strong>University</strong> 690-780,700-790 670-770; 680-780 30 2.1% 0 0Public Purdue <strong>University</strong> - West Lafayette 500-610,530-650 470-680; 490-630 10 0.9% 83 15Private Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 580-690,640-730 540-650; 610-710 65 5.2% -19 -13Private Rice <strong>University</strong> 660-760,670-780 660-760; 670-780 0 0.0% 10 10Private Rockefeller <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APrivate Rush <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APublic Rutgers - St. U. of NJ - New Brunswick 530-630,560-670 530-640; 540-660 10 0.8% 38 11Private Saint Louis <strong>University</strong> - St. Louis 24-29 NRPublic San Diego State <strong>University</strong> 480-580,500-600 NRPublic San Jose State <strong>University</strong> 430-550,460-580 NRPrivate Stan<strong>for</strong>d <strong>University</strong> 670-770,690-780 650-660; 660-760 40 2.8% -1 -1Public SUNY Health Science Ctr. - Brooklyn N/A N/APublic SUNY Upstate Medical <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APublic Stony Brook <strong>University</strong> 520-620,560-660 460-570; 500-610 110 10.3% -61 -57Private Syracuse <strong>University</strong> 540-650,570-670 530-630; 540-640 45 3.8% -11 -5Public Temple <strong>University</strong> 490-590,500-600 430-550; 490-640 35 3.3% 214 12Public Texas A&M <strong>University</strong> 530-640,560-670 520-630; 550-660 20 1.7% 24 5Public Texas A&M <strong>University</strong> System HSC N/A N/APublic Texas Tech <strong>University</strong> 510-600,530-620 470-570; 470-580 85 8.1% 47 -52Private Thomas Jefferson <strong>University</strong> N/A N/APrivate Tufts <strong>University</strong> 660-740,670-740 600-690; 630-700 95 7.3% -16 -15Private Tulane <strong>University</strong> 640-700,650-710 580-690; 580-680 85 6.7% -29 -21Public Uni<strong>for</strong>med Services Univ. of the HS N/A N/APublic <strong>University</strong> at Albany 510-600,530-620 500-600; 510-610 20 1.8% 118 11Public <strong>University</strong> at Buffalo 520-610,550-640 500-600; 520-630 35 3.1% 58 6Public <strong>University</strong> of Alabama - Birmingham 20-26Public <strong>University</strong> of Alabama - Huntsville 22-28 500-610; 500-630 20 1.8% 77 6Public <strong>University</strong> of Alabama - Tuscaloosa 20-26128<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 1996TotalStudentHeadcountNetChangeinEnrollmentPercentChangeinEnrollment54 66 -12 -18.2% 16 6 45,166 41,545 3,621 8.7%26 28 -2 -7.1% -2 -4 16,101 14,831 1,270 8.6%4 0 4 -207 -75 12,143 11,562 581 5.0%N/A N/A 272 176 96 54.5%N/A N/A 663 498 165 33.1%0 4 -4 -100.0% 212 84 8,058 7,837 221 2.8%3 2 1 50.0% -19 -6 16,072 14,750 1,322 9.0%N/A N/A 1,381 1,609 -228 -14.2%151 96 55 57.3% -6 -1 40,004 36,305 3,699 10.2%36 19 17 89.5% -51 -27 30,148 27,994 2,154 7.7%4 3 1 33.3% -15 -7 12,099 9,598 2,501 26.1%1 2 -1 -50.0% 42 25 22,604 24,579 -1,975 -8.0%203 137 66 48.2% -3 0 18,065 17,623 442 2.5%120 112 8 7.1% 5 0 50,504 48,352 2,152 4.5%9 14 -5 -35.7% 24 8 20,461 19,441 1,020 5.2%21 16 5 31.3% -31 -15 23,692 19,186 4,506 23.5%0 0 0 7 9 21,274 17,800 3,474 19.5%N/A N/A 2,511 1,812 699 38.6%11 4 7 175.0% -71 -22 19,224 14,069 5,155 36.6%N/A N/A 769 568 201 35.4%24 29 -5 -17.2% 7 2 40,709 39,855 854 2.1%195 132 63 47.7% -2 1 6,773 6,546 227 3.5%87 57 30 52.6% -6 -4 40,151 36,893 3,258 8.8%15 21 -6 -28.6% 11 9 6,514 6,276 238 3.8%145 220 -75 -34.1% 13 10 5,095 4,149 946 22.8%N/A N/A 200 131 69 52.7%N/A N/A 1,452 1,477 -25 -1.7%16 23 -7 -30.4% 12 2 34,449 33,862 587 1.7%6 25 -19 -76.0% 92 62 14,966 9,947 5,019 50.5%1 0 1 -126 -43 31,802 29,981 1,821 6.1%1 0 1 -126 -43 29,975 25,874 4,101 15.8%188 207 -19 -9.2% 7 5 19,042 15,754 3,288 20.9%N/A N/A 1,567 1,585 -18 -1.1%N/A N/A 1,235 1,235 0 0.0%19 2 17 850.0% -148 -55 22,011 17,316 4,695 27.1%1 5 -4 -80.0% 96 57 18,734 18,574 160 0.9%0 2 -2 -100.0% 175 69 33,695 27,979 5,716 20.4%139 152 -13 -8.6% 10 1 44,910 41,892 3,018 7.2%N/A N/A 1,169 490 679 138.6%16 13 3 23.1% -25 -11 28,001 24,716 3,285 13.3%N/A N/A 2,681 2,428 253 10.4%52 39 13 33.3% -9 -2 9,776 8,452 1,324 15.7%24 34 -10 -29.4% 15 9 - 10,732 -10,732 -100.0%N/A N/A - 823 -823 -100.0%0 0 0 7 9 17,040 15,973 1,067 6.7%2 3 -1 -33.3% 26 9 27,220 23,577 3,643 15.5%3 2 1 50.0% -19 -6 16,572 15,274 1,298 8.5%4 1 3 300.0% -77 -28 7,084 6,713 371 5.5%95 100 -5 -5.0% 8 1 21,793 17,953 3,840 21.4%<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>129