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American University Ranking Criteria

American universities account for 50% of the world's top 20 universities and 30% of the world's top 100 universities. There are 4,589 universities in the United States, some of which are nationally ranked, while others are regionally ranked. Universities with regional rankings generally do not offer PhD programs.

The US News American University Rankings are highly respected around the world. Their selection criteria are school educational resources, freshman admission rate, student retention rate, school reputation, student education cost, graduation rate and alumni donation rate. The school's professional rankings tend to be more qualitative assessments, such as the reputation of the major.

Wanwei Education aims to help Hong Kong students enter the top 100 universities in the United States.

 

American college admissions test: SATor ACT

American universities have two tests to evaluate students' academic abilities, namely SAT and ACT, which are held at different times every year. It is recommended that Hong Kong students take the SAT/ACT test in the second semester of Form 5.


Ranking

University

Number of admitted students

Acceptance rate

SAT/ACT (25-75%)

#1

Princeton University 

8,088 

7.4% 

1400-1600

#2

Harvard University 

19,929 

6% 

1410-1600

#3

Yale University 

12,336 

6.3% 

1410-1600

#4

Columbia University 

24,221 

7% 

1390-1600

#4

Stanford University 

16,795 

5.1% 

1380-1570

#4

University of Chicago 

12,558 

8.8% 

1430-1590

#7

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

11,319 

7.9% 

1420-1570

#8

Duke University 

15,856 

11.4% 

1370-1550

#9

University of Pennsylvania 

21,296 

10.4% 

1360-1550

#10

California Institute of Technology 

2,209 

8.8% 

1500-1600

#10

Johns Hopkins University 

21,484 

15% 

1360-1530

#12

Dartmouth College 

6,298 

11.5% 

1360-1550

#12

Northwestern University 

20,336 

13.1% 

1390-1560

#14

Brown University 

9,181 

8.7% 

1330-1550

#15

Cornell University 

21,850 

14.2% 

1330-1510

#15

Vanderbilt University 

12,686 

13.1% 

32-34(ACT)

#15

Washington University in St. Louis 

14,348 

17.1% 

32-34(ACT)

#18

Rice University 

6,621 

15.1% 

1390-1550

#18

University of Notre Dame 

12,179 

21.1% 

32-34(ACT)

#20

University of California—Berkeley 

37,581 

16% 

1290-1490

#21

Emory University 

14,769 

26.8% 

1280-1460

#21

Georgetown University 

17,858 

17.4% 

1320-1520

#23

Carnegie Mellon University 

13,285 

24.6% 

1340-1540

#23

University of California—Los Angeles 

43,239 

18.6% 

1190-1460

#23

University of Southern California 

42,469 

18% 

1280-1480

#26

University of Virginia 

23,732 

29% 

1250-1460

#27

Tufts University 

10,907 

17.3% 

1360-1520

#27

Wake Forest University 

7,788 

34.4% 

1210-1420

#29

University of Michigan—Ann Arbor 

43,625 

32.2% 

29-33(ACT)

#30

Boston College 

13,575 

33.9% 

1270-1460

#30

University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill 

29,135 

28.5% 

1210-1400

#32

New York University 

49,274 

35.5% 

1240-1450

#33

University of Rochester 

11,060 

36.4% 

1240-1450

#34

Brandeis University 

5,945 

35.2% 

1250-1480

#34

College of William and Mary 

8,437 

33% 

1270-1470

#36

Georgia Institute of Technology 

23,109 

33.4% 

1310-1490

#37

Case Western Reserve University 

10,771 

38.3% 

1270-1470

#37

University of California—Santa Barbara 

23,051 

36.3% 

1120-1380

#39

University of California—Irvine 

30,051 

37.4% 

1040-1310

#39

University of California—San Diego 

29,909 

33.5% 

1180-1420

#41

Boston University 

32,112 

34.5% 

1190-1410

#41

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

7,028 

37.5% 

1300-1490

#41

Tulane University 

13,531 

28% 

29-32(ACT)

#41

University of California—Davis 

34,508 

40.6% 

1080-1350

#41

University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign 

45,140 

59% 

26-32(ACT)

#41

University of Wisconsin—Madison 

43,193 

49.8% 

26-31(ACT)

#47

Lehigh University 

7,119 

34.3% 

1230-1410

#47

Northeastern University 

19,798 

32.2% 

1340-1500

#47

Pennsylvania State University—University Park 

47,040 

50.3% 

1090-1290

#47

University of Florida 

50,350 

47.1% 

1170-1360

#51

University of Miami 

16,774 

38.2% 

1220-1420

 

資料來源:http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities