2007 Annual Report, (PDF) - The Center for Measuring University ...

The Top American Research UniversitiesPart III – The Top 200 InstitutionsThe following tables list the top 200 universities andcolleges on each of the nine performance measures,along with National Merit and Achievement Scholars.(The Source Notes section provides detailed informationon each of the 10 data elements.) Unlike the previoustables in Parts I and II, this section includes data for allacademic institutions regardless of their federal researchactivity level.The Center for Measuring University Performanceprovides each institution’s rank nationally among alluniversities as well as its rank by institutional control(i.e., rank among private or public peers). In cases whereseveral institutions tie for last place, we use a differentcutoff point. For National Academy members, we list allinstitutions with at least one National Academy memberamong their faculty (a total of 187 institutions). Tablesin this section include:2005 Total Research Expenditures2005 Federal Research Expenditures2006 Endowment Assets2006 Annual Giving2006 National Academy Membership2006 Faculty Awards2006 Doctorates Granted2005 Postdoctoral Appointees2005 SAT Scores (Source: the Annual Surveyof Colleges of the College Board and Data Base,2006-2007. Copyright © 2006 College EntranceExamination Board. All rights reserved.)2006 National Merit and Achievement ScholarsData found in these tables may not always match thefigures published by the original source. The Center forMeasuring University Performance makes adjustments,when necessary, to ensure that the data reflect the activityat a single campus rather than that of a multiple-campusinstitution or state university system. When data are missingfrom the original source, The Center for MeasuringUniversity Performance may substitute another figure ifavailable. A full discussion of this subject, and the variousadjustments or substitutions made to the original data, isin the Data Notes section of this report.The Center for Measuring University Performancepresents these tables, along with the prior years’ top 200,as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets on-line at[http://mup.asu.edu].2007 Annual Report175