| Rank/School | Average reputation score |
| 1. Carnegie Mellon University | 4.9 |
| 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4.9 |
| 1. Stanford University (CA) | 4.9 |
| 1. University of California--Berkeley | 4.9 |
| 5. Cornell University (NY) | 4.6 |
| 6. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign-Champaign | 4.5 |
| 7. Princeton University (NJ) | 4.3 |
| 7. University of Washington | 4.3 |
| 9. University of Texas--Austin | 4.2 |
| 10. University of Wisconsin--Madison | 4.1 |
| 11. California Institute of Technology | 4.0 |
| 12. Brown University (RI) | 3.9 |
| 12. University of California--Los Angeles | 3.9 |
| 12. University of Maryland--College Park | 3.9 |
| 12. Yale University (CT) | 3.9 |
| 16. Harvard University (MA) | 3.8 |
| 16. Rice University (TX) | 3.8 |
| 18. Columbia University (NY) | 3.7 |
| 18. Georgia Institute of Technology | 3.7 |
| 18. University of Michigan | 3.7 |
| 18. University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | 3.7 |
| 22. Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN) | 3.6 |
| 22. University of Massachusetts--Amherst | 3.6 |
| 22. University of Pennsylvania | 3.6 |
| 25. Duke University (NC) | 3.5 |
| 25. University of California--San Diego | 3.5 |
| 27. University of Southern California | 3.4 |
| 28. Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 3.3 |
| 28. New York University | 3.3 |
| 28. Rutgers--New Brunswick (NJ) | 3.3 |
| 28. University of Arizona | 3.3 |
| 28. University of Virginia | 3.3 |
| 33. University of Colorado--Boulder | 3.2 |
| 34. Northwestern University (IL) | 3.1 |
| 34. Ohio State University | 3.1 |
| 34. SUNY--Stony Brook | 3.1 |
| 34. University of California--Irvine | 3.1 |
| 34. University of Rochester (NY) | 3.1 |
| 34. University of Utah | 3.1 |
| 40. Pennsylvania State University | 3.0 |
| 40. University of Minnesota--Minneapolis | 3.0 |
| 42. Indiana University--Bloomington | 2.9 |
| 42. Oregon Graduate Institute | 2.9 |
| 42. University of California--Santa Barbara | 2.9 |
| 42. Washington University (MO) | 2.9 |
| 46. Rensselaer Polytech Institute (NY) | 2.8 |
| 46. University of California--Davis | 2.8 |
| 48. Dartmouth College | 2.7 |
| 48. Michigan State University | 2.7 |
| 48. SUNY--Buffalo | 2.7 |
| 48. Syracuse University (NY) | 2.7 |
| 48. University of Florida | 2.7 |
| 48. University of Pittsburgh | 2.7 |
| 54. Boston University | 2.6 |
| 54. North Carolina State University | 2.6 |
| 54. University of Oregon | 2.6 |
| 54. Virginia Tech | 2.6 |
| 58. Arizona State University | 2.5 |
| 58. CUNY Graduate School & University Center | 2.5 |
| 58. Texas A&M University | 2.5 |
| 58. University of California--Santa Cruz | 2.5 |
| 58. University of Delaware | 2.5 |