TOP 100 Universities in the U.S (to meet eligibility criteria for SF loan to pursue graduate degree) Source: U.S. News National University Rankings (2019) https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities Listed by Rank Rank University Rank University 1 Princeton University 78 American University 2 Harvard University 78 Baylor University 3 University of Chicago 80 Binghamton University--SUNY 3 Yale University 38 Boston College 3 Columbia University 42 Boston University 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 35 Brandeis University 7 Stanford University 66 Brigham Young University--Provo 8 University of Pennsylvania 14 Brown University 8 Duke University 12 California Institute of Technology 10 Northwestern University 25 Carnegie Mellon University 10 Johns Hopkins University 42 Case Western Reserve University 12 California Institute of Technology 66 Clark University 12 Dartmouth College 66 Clemson University 14 Brown University 38 College of William and Mary 14 Vanderbilt University 80 Colorado School of Mines 16 Cornell University 3 Columbia University 16 Rice University 16 Cornell University 18 University of Notre Dame 12 Dartmouth College 19 Washington University in St. Louis 8 Duke University 19 University of California--Los Angeles 21 Emory University 21 Emory University 70 Florida State University 22 Georgetown University 70 Fordham University 22 University of California--Berkeley 63 George Washington University 22 University of Southern California 22 Georgetown University 25 Carnegie Mellon University 35 Georgia Institute of Technology 25 University of Virginia 2 Harvard University 27 Wake Forest University 89 Howard University 27 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 96 Illinois Institute of Technology 27 Tufts University 89 Indiana University--Bloomington 30 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 10 Johns Hopkins University 30 New York University 53 Lehigh University 30 University of California--Santa Barbara 89 Loyola University Chicago 33 University of Rochester 89 Marquette University 33 University of California--Irvine 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 35 Brandeis University 96 Miami University--Oxford 35 Georgia Institute of Technology 85 Michigan State University 35 University of Florida 30 New York University 38 Boston College 44 Northeastern University 38 College of William and Mary 10 Northwestern University 38 University of California--Davis 56 Ohio State University--Columbus 41 University of California--San Diego 59 Pennsylvania State University--University Park 42 Case Western Reserve University 46 Pepperdine University 42 Boston University 1 Princeton University 44 Northeastern University 56 Purdue University--West Lafayette 44 Tulane University 49 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 46 Pepperdine University 16 Rice University 46 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 56 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 46 University of Georgia 59 Southern Methodist University 49 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 7 Stanford University 49 University of Wisconsin--Madison 70 Stevens Institute of Technology 49 Villanova University 53 Syracuse University 49 University of Texas--Austin 66 Texas A&M University--College Station 53 Lehigh University 80 Texas Christian University 53 University of Miami 27 Tufts University 53 Syracuse University 44 Tulane University 56 Ohio State University--Columbus 89 University of Buffalo--SUNY 56 Purdue University--West Lafayette 22 University of California--Berkeley Listed by Rank Rank University Rank University 56 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 38 University of California--Davis 59 Pennsylvania State University--University Park 33 University of California--Irvine 59 University of Washington 19 University of California--Los Angeles 59 Southern Methodist University 85 University of California--Riverside 59 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 41 University of California--San Diego 63 George Washington University 30 University of California--Santa Barbara 63 University of Connecticut 70 University of California--Santa Cruz 63 University of Maryland--College Park 3 University of Chicago 66 Brigham Young University--Provo 96 University of Colorado--Boulder 66 Clemson University 63 University of Connecticut 66 Texas A&M University--College Station 89 University of Delaware 66 Clark University 96 University of Denver 70 Fordham University 35 University of Florida 70 University of Pittsburgh 46 University of Georgia 70 Stevens Institute of Technology 46 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 70 University of Massachusetts--Amherst 89 University of Iowa 70 University of California--Santa Cruz 63 University of Maryland--College Park 70 Florida State University 70 University of Massachusetts--Amherst 76 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 53 University of Miami 76 Virginia Tech 27 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 78 American University 76 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 78 Baylor University 30 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 80 Colorado School of Mines 18 University of Notre Dame 80 Texas Christian University 8 University of Pennsylvania 80 Binghamton University--SUNY 70 University of Pittsburgh 80 Yeshiva University 33 University of Rochester 85 Michigan State University 85 University of San Diego 85 University of San Diego 96 University of San Francisco 85 University of California--Riverside 22 University of Southern California 89 University of Iowa 49 University of Texas--Austin 89 University of Delaware 96 University of Vermont 89 Indiana University--Bloomington 25 University of Virginia 89 Marquette University 59 University of Washington 89 University of Buffalo--SUNY 49 University of Wisconsin--Madison 89 Howard University 14 Vanderbilt University 89 Loyola University Chicago 49 Villanova University 96 Miami University--Oxford 76 Virginia Tech 96 University of Denver 27 Wake Forest University 96 University of Colorado--Boulder 19 Washington University in St. Louis 96 University of Vermont 59 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 96 University of San Francisco 3 Yale University 96 Illinois Institute of Technology 80 Yeshiva University