USNEWS排名2009年Best Colleges(National Universities Rankings)

USNews每年都会对美国大学排名一次，评审标准为校誉、开放性、科系资源、选择性、财务资源、附加价值（全国性大学）、校友回馈表现。USNews排名将各校每一项表现评定分数，再计算总分；评审范围包括公立及私立学校、全国性及区域性学校。
TOP SCHOOL
1 Harvard University|Cambridge, MA
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,173 
2007 Total enrollment: 19,257 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.2 % 

2 Princeton University|Princeton, NJ
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,290 
2007 Total enrollment: 7,334 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.7 % 

3 Yale University|New Haven, CT
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,300 
2007 Total enrollment: 11,454 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.9 % 

4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |Cambridge, MA
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,390 
2007 Total enrollment: 10,220 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 12.5 % 

4 Stanford University |Stanford, CA
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,030 
2007 Total enrollment: 19,782 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 10.3 %

6 California Institute of Technology|Pasadena, CA
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,437 
2007 Total enrollment: 2,133 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.9 % 

6 University of Pennsylvania |Philadelphia, PA
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,526 
2007 Total enrollment: 18,916 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.0 % 

8 Columbia University |New York, NY
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $39,326 
2007 Total enrollment: 22,655 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 10.6 %
   
8 Duke University |Durham, NC
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,525 
2007 Total enrollment: 13,598 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 23.0 %
   
8 University of Chicago |Chicago, IL
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,632 
2007 Total enrollment: 12,336 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.7 %
   
11 Dartmouth College |Hanover, NH
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,915 
2007 Total enrollment: 5,849 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 15.3 %
   
12 Northwestern University|Evanston, IL
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,125 
2007 Total enrollment: 18,028 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.8 %
   
12 Washington University in St. Louis|St. Louis, MO
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,248 
2007 Total enrollment: 13,382 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.3 %
   
14 Cornell University |Ithaca, NY
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,504 
2007 Total enrollment: 19,800 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 21.4 %
   
15 Johns Hopkins University |Baltimore, MD
2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,700 
2007 Total enrollment: 19,737 
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 24.3 %