- 美国有多个机构对大学进行排名，如《美国新闻和世界报导》(US News and World Report)、《普林斯顿评论》（The Princeton Review）、《商业周刊》(Business Week)、《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)等，其中最有影响力的就是由《美国新闻和世界报导》在每年8月发布的美国大学排名，也就是常说的每年的USNEWS排名。
美国2011年最低录取率排名（top100）
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学校
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2009年秋季录取率
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|---|---|
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Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA
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5%
|
|
Cooper union New York, NY
|
7%
|
|
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
|
7%
|
|
Yale University New Haven, CT
|
8%
|
|
Juilliard School New York, NY
|
8%
|
|
Stanford University Stanford, CA
|
8%
|
|
College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO
|
9%
|
|
Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY
|
9%
|
|
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD
|
10%
|
|
Columbia University New York, NY
|
10%
|
|
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
|
10%
|
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
|
11%
|
|
Brown University Providence, RI
|
11%
|
|
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
|
13%
|
|
United States Military Academy West Point, NY
|
15%
|
|
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
|
15%
|
|
Victory University Memphis, TN
|
15%
|
|
Amherst College Amherst, MA
|
16%
|
|
Pomona College Claremont, CA
|
16%
|
|
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA
|
16%
|
|
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO
|
17%
|
|
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
|
17%
|
|
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
|
18%
|
|
Berea College Berea, KY
|
19%
|
|
Duke University Durham, NC
|
19%
|
|
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA
|
19%
|
|
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
|
19%
|
|
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
|
19%
|
|
Georgetown University Washington, DC
|
20%
|
|
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA
|
20%
|
|
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
|
20%
|
|
Pitzer College Claremont, CA
|
20%
|
|
Williams College Williamstown, MA
|
20%
|
|
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
|
20%
|
|
Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
|
21%
|
|
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
|
22%
|
|
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
|
22%
|
|
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT
|
22%
|
|
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
|
22%
|
|
Rice University Houston, TX
|
22%
|
|
CUNY--Baruch College New York, NY
|
23%
|
|
Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, TX
|
23%
|
|
Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY
|
24%
|
|
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
|
24%
|
|
Delta State University Cleveland, MS
|
24%
|
|
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT
|
25%
|
|
Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS
|
25%
|
|
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY
|
25%
|
|
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
|
25%
|
|
Haverford College Haverford, PA
|
25%
|
|
CUNY--Lehman College Bronx, NY
|
26%
|
|
CUNY--Hunter College New York, NY
|
26%
|
|
Davidson College Davidson, NC
|
26%
|
|
Tulane University New Orleans, LA
|
26%
|
|
Tufts University Medford, MA
|
27%
|
|
Purchase College--SUNY Purchase, NY
|
27%
|
|
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
|
27%
|
|
Bates College Lewiston, ME
|
27%
|
|
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
|
27%
|
|
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
|
27%
|
|
CUNY--Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
|
28%
|
|
Bacone College Muskogee, OK
|
28%
|
|
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
|
29%
|
|
CUNY--City College New York, NY
|
29%
|
|
Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS
|
30%
|
|
Emory University Atlanta, GA
|
30%
|
|
Hamilton College Clinton, NY
|
30%
|
|
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
|
30%
|
|
Medaille College Buffalo, NY
|
30%
|
|
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
|
30%
|
|
Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC
|
30%
|
|
Carleton College Northfield, MN
|
30%
|
|
New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA
|
31%
|
|
Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA
|
31%
|
|
Barnard College New York, NY
|
31%
|
|
Colgate University Hamilton, NY
|
32%
|
|
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
|
32%
|
|
California State University--Long Beach Long Beach, CA
|
32%
|
|
Morgan State University Baltimore, MD
|
32%
|
|
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
|
32%
|
|
Emmanuel College Franklin Springs, GA
|
32%
|
|
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
|
32%
|
|
CUNY--Queens College Flushing, NY
|
33%
|
|
University of Arkansas--Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, AR
|
33%
|
|
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
|
33%
|
|
Scripps College Claremont, CA
|
33%
|
|
Bard College Annandale on Hudson, NY
|
33%
|
|
Grambling State University Grambling, LA
|
33%
|
|
National-Louis University Chicago, IL
|
33%
|
|
Binghamton University--SUNY Binghamton, NY
|
33%
|
|
California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
|
33%
|
|
College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA
|
34%
|
|
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA
|
34%
|
|
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH
|
34%
|
|
Alaska Pacific University Anchorage, AK
|
34%
|
|
William Penn University Oskaloosa, IA
|
34%
|
|
SUNY--New Paltz New Paltz, NY
|
34%
|
|
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA
|
34%
|
|
Colby College Waterville, ME
|
34%
|
|
SUNY College of Technology--Delhi Delhi, NY
|
34%
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