Ranked in 2010
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 4.9 |
| 2 | University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 4.8 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 4.7 |
| University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 4.7 | |
| 5 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 4.5 |
| 6 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 4.4 |
| University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX | 4.4 | |
| University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI | 4.4 | |
| 9 | University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 4.2 |
| 10 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | 4.1 |
