(New! Ranked in 2002*)

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. California Institute of Technology
3. Northwestern University (IL)
4. University of California–Berkeley
5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
6. Texas A&M University–College Station
7. Stanford University (CA)
8. University of Wisconsin–Madison
9. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
10. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
11. Harvard University (MA)
12. Cornell University (NY)
13. University of Texas–Austin
14. University of California–San Diego
University of California–Santa Barbara
University of Washington

*This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.