March 9, 2016

USNWR Schools ranked 1-100, now with +/- from last year

USNWR Schools ranked 1-100, now with +/- from last yearSpivey Consulting Group

1 Yale
2 Stanford
2 Harvard
4 Columbia
4 Chicago
6 NYU
7 Penn
8 Berkeley
8 Michigan (+3)
8 UVa
11 Duke (-3)
12 Northwestern
13 Cornell
14 Georgetown
15 Texas
16 Vanderbilt (+1)
17 UCLA (-1)
18 Washington University in St. Louis
19 USC (+1)
20 Boston University (+6)
20 Iowa (+2)
22 Emory (-3)
22 Minnesota (-2)
22 Notre Dame
25 Arizona State (+1)
25 George Washington (-3)
25 Indiana (+9)
28 Alabama (-6)
28 UC-Irvine (+2)
30 Boston College (+4)
30 Ohio State (+4)
30 UC- Davis (+1)
33 William & Mary (-4)
33 Georgia (-2)
33 Washington (-5)
33 Wisconsin (-2)
37 Fordham (-3)
38 BYU (-4)
38 North Carolina (-4)
40 Arizona (+2)
40 Colorado
40 Illinois (+1)
40 Wake Forest (+7)
40 Washington and Lee (+2)
45 George Mason (-3)
45 SMU (+1)
45 Utah (-3)
48 Florida (-1)
48 Maryland (-1)
50 FSU
50 Temple (+2)
50 Tulane
50 UC-Hastings (+9)
50 Houston (+9)
55 Baylor (+1)
55 Richmond (-3)
57 Case Western (+2)
57 Georgia State (-1)
57 Nebraska (-1)
60 Cincinnati (+22)
60 Kentucky (+3)
60 Miami (+3)
60 New Mexico (+11)
60 Oklahoma (+7)
65 Loyola (CA) (+10)
65 Pepperdine (-13)
65 Seton Hall (-2)
65 Connecticut (-2)
65 Kansas (+2)
65 Missouri (-6)
65 Tennessee (-13)
72 Loyola - Chicago (+6)
72 Denver (-5)
74 St. John's (+8)
74 San Diego (-3)
74 Villanova (+13)
74 Cardozo (+1)
78 American (-7)
78 UNLV (-11)
78 Oregon (+4)
78 Pittsburgh
82 LSU (+12)
82 Northeastern (+5)
82 St. Louis (+5)
82 New Hampshire (+5)
86 Chicago - Kent (-8)
86 Penn State - Dickinson (-15)
86 Penn State - University Park (-15)
86 Syracuse (+1)
86 Arkansas (-11)
86 Tulsa (-4)
92 Lewis & Clark (+2)
92 Rutgers (-5)
92 Hawaii (-10)
92 Louisville (+2)
92 South Carolina (+2)
97 Brooklyn (-19)
97 Wayne State (+8)
97 West Virginia (-3)
100 Indiana University - Indianapolis (+2)
100 Michigan State (-6)
100 SUNY Buffalo (-13)

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