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Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island · Tier S

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California · Tier S

Columbia University

New York, New York · Tier S

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina · Tier S

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Tier S

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts · Tier S

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois · Tier S

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey · Tier S

Stanford University

Stanford, California · Tier S

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois · Tier S

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Tier S

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut · Tier S

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York · Tier S/1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire · Tier S/1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Tier S/1

Rice University

Houston, Texas · Tier S/1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee · Tier S/1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Tier 1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia · Tier 1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Tier 1

New York University

New York, NY · Tier 1

Tufts University

Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts · Tier 1

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California · Tier 1

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California · Tier 1

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan · Tier 1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Tier 1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California · Tier 1

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas · Tier 1

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri · Tier 1

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts · Tier 2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts · Tier 2

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia · Tier 2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Tier 2

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California · Tier 2

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Tier 2

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California · Tier 2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina · Tier 2

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia · Tier 2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Tier 2

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana · Tier 3

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey · Tier 3

University of California, Davis

Davis, California · Tier 3

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida · Tier 3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia · Tier 3

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, Illinois · Tier 3

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, Maryland · Tier 3

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Tier 3

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · Tier 3

University of California, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California · Tier 4

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin · Tier 4

San Diego State University

San Diego, California · Tier 5

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, California · Tier 5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA · Tier 6

University of California, Merced

Merced, CA · Tier 6

Cal Poly Humboldt

Arcata, California · Tier —

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California · Tier —

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Pomona, CA · Tier —

California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, California · Tier —

California State University Maritime Academy

Vallejo, California · Tier —

California State University San Marcos

San Marcos, California · Tier —

California State University, Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA · Tier —

California State University, Chico

Chico, California · Tier —

California State University, Dominguez Hills

California State University, East Bay

Hayward, CA · Tier —

California State University, Fullerton

Fullerton, California · Tier —

California State University, Long Beach

Long Beach, California · Tier —

California State University, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California · Tier —

California State University, Monterey Bay

Monterey, California · Tier —

California State University, Northridge

Northridge, CA · Tier —

California State University, Sacramento

Sacramento, California · Tier —

California State University, San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California · Tier —

California State University, Stanislaus

Turlock, California · Tier —

Fresno, California · Tier —

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio · Tier —

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · Tier —

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, California · Tier —