| Rank | University Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, MA |
| 2 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA |
| 3 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA |
| 4 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | Pasadena, CA |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, CA |
| 7 | Yale University | New Haven, CT |
| 8 | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
