| Rank/School |
Average reputation score (5 = highest) |
| 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
5.0 |
| 1. Stanford University (CA) |
5.0 |
| 3. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) |
4.9 |
| 3. University of California–Berkeley |
4.9 |
| 5. Cornell University (NY) |
4.5 |
| 5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign |
4.5 |
| 7. University of Washington |
4.3 |
| 8. Princeton University (NJ) |
4.2 |
| 9. University of Texas–Austin |
4.1 |
| 9. University of Wisconsin–Madison |
4.1 |
| 11. California Institute of Technology |
3.9 |
| 11. University of Maryland–College Park |
3.9 |
| 13. Brown University (RI) |
3.8 |
| 13. Georgia Institute of Technology |
3.8 |
| 13. University of California–Los Angeles |
3.8 |
| 13. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
3.8 |
| 17. Harvard University (MA) |
3.7 |
| 17. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) |
3.7 |
| 17. Rice University (TX) |
3.7 |
| 17. Yale University (CT) | 3.7 |
| 21. Columbia University (NY) |
3.6 |
| 21. University of Massachusetts–Amherst |
3.6 |
| 21. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill |
3.6 |
| 21. University of Southern California |
3.6 |
| 25. University of California–San Diego |
3.5 |
| 25. University of Pennsylvania |
3.5 |
