The Top 50 Public National Universities
| 1 | Univ. of California-Berkeley |
| 2 | University of Virginia |
| 3 | U. of California-Los Angeles |
| 4 | Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 5 | U. of N.C.-Chapel Hill |
| 6 | Col. Of William and Mary (VA) |
| 7 | Georgia Institute of Tech. |
| 7 | Univ. of California-San Diego |
| 7 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 10 | U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign |
| 11 | University of Washington |
| 12 | Univ. of California-Davis |
| 12 | Univ. of California-Irvine |
| 12 | Univ. of Calif.-Santa Barbara |
| 15 | Penn. State-University Park |
| 15 | University of Texas-Austin |
| 17 | University of Florida |
| 18 | U. of Maryland-College Park |
| 19 | Ohio State Univ.-Columbus |
| 20 | University of Georgia |
| 20 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 22 | Clemson University (SC) |
| 22 | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| 24 | Rutgers, the State Univ. of New Jersey-New Brunswick |
| 24 | Texas A&M Univ.-Col. Station |
| 26 | Miami University-Oxford |
| 26 | Purdue U.-W. Lafayette |
| 26 | University of Connecticut |
| 26 | University of Iowa |
| 30 | Indiana Univ.-Bloomington |
| 30 | Michigan State University |
| 30 | University of Delaware |
| 30 | Virginia Tech |
| 34 | SUNY-Binghamton |
| 34 | Univ. of Colorado-Boulder |
| 36 | Colorado School of Mines |
| 37 | N.C. Stete U.-Raleigh |
| 37 | SUNY Col. Envir. Sci. & For. |
| 37 | University of Alabama |
| 40 | Iowa State University |
| 40 | Univ. of California-Riverside |
| 40 | University of Kansas |
| 40 | Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 40 | University of Vermont |
| 45 | Auburn University (AL) |
| 45 | SUNY-Stony Brook |
| 45 | University of Arizona |
| 45 | U. of California-Santa Cruz |
| 45 | Univ. of Missouri-Columbia |
| 50 | Florida State University |
| 50 | U. of Mass.-Amherst |