Best Colleges in the United States – Ranks 26-50

This table covers ranks 26-50 of the best colleges and universities in the U.S. Scroll around the table using the page controls at the bottom of the table.

Rank	College	City	State	Score
26	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	VA	73.3
27	Florida State University	Tallahassee	FL	73.2
28	Rice University	Houston	TX	73.1
29	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	72.2
30	Cornell University	Ithaca	NY	71.8
30	Annapolis – Naval Academy	Annapolis	MD	71.8
32	University of Notre Dame	South Bend	IN	71.2
33	University of Arizona	Tuscon	AZ	71.0
34	New York University	New York	NY	70.9
35	Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	CO	70.8
36	West Point – Army Academy	West Point	NY	70.6
37	University of Georgia	Athens	GA	70.5
38	University of Maryland	College Park	MD	70.4
38	University of California – Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	70.4
40	Columbia University	New York	NY	70.0
41	University of California – Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	69.7
42	Arizona State University	Tempe	AZ	68.8
43	Southern Methodist University	Dallas	TX	67.8
44	University of Tennessee	Knoxville	TN	67.7
45	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL	67.3
46	Michigan State University	East Lansing	MI	67.0
47	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	66.3
48	University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	64.1
49	Emory University	Atlanta	GA	64.0
50	Iowa State University	Ames	IA	63.2

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