Reputation Scores in 2008 US News Surveys (from fall 2007)

Based on the copies of the US News rankings that have been circulating in Cyberspace for a couple of days (thanks to the many readers who sent me copies), here are the results of the reputational surveys conducted by U.S. News early last fall.  Every year there tend to be some inexplicable fluctuations in scores (.1 in either direction), and this year was no different, but, overall, relative stability in the top 30 was the most noticeable feature of the academic reputation results (a bit less so with the lawyer/judge reputation results, but the response rate is much lower to that survey--a mere 26% responded, compared to 70% of the academics).

Academic Reputation (raw score) (rank in 2007)

1.  Harvard University (4.8) (2)

1.  Yale University (4.8) (1)

3.  Columbia University (4.7) (4)

3.  Stanford University (4.7) (3)

5.  University of Chicago (4.6) (4)

6.  New York University (4.5) (4)

6.  University of California, Berkeley (4.5) (8)

6.  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.5) (7)

9.  University of Virginia (4.4) (8)

10. University of Pennsylvania (4.3) (10)

11. Cornell University (4.2) (11)

11. Duke University (4.2) (11)

11. Georgetown University (4.2) (11)

14. Northwestern University (4.1) (14)

14. University of Texas, Austin (4.1) (14)

16. University of California, Los Angeles (4.0) (14)

17.  Vanderbilt University (3.8)  (17)

18.  University of Southern California (3.7) (17)

19.  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (3.6) (19)

19.  Washington University, St. Louis (3.6) (19)

21. George Washington University (3.5) (23)

21.  University of Iowa (3.5) (23)

21.  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5) (19)

24.  Boston University (3.4) (23)

24.  Emory University (3.4) (23)

24.  Ohio State University (3.4) (30)

24.  University of California, Davis (3.4) (23)

24.  University of California, Hastings (3.4) (33)

24.  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (3.4) (23)

24.  University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.4) (19)

24.  Washington & Lee University (3.4) (23)

Lawyer/Judge Reputation (raw score) (rank in 2007)

1.  Harvard University (4.8) (1)

1.  Stanford University (4.8) (1)

1.  Yale University (4.8) (1)

4.  Columbia University (4.7) (4)

5.  University of Chicago (4.6) (4)

5.  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.6) (6)

5.  University of Virginia (4.6) (6)

8.  New York University (4.5)  (6)

8.  University of California, Berkeley (4.5) (9)

10. Cornell University (4.4) (11)

10. Duke University (4.4) (11)

10. Georgetown University (4.4) (14)

10. University of Pennsylvania (4.4) (9)

14. Northwestern University (4.3) (11)

15. University of Texas, Austin (4.2) (14)

16. Vanderbilt University (4.1) (14)

17. Washington & Lee University (3.9) (20)

17. Washington University, St. Louis (3.9) (20)

19.  Emory University (3.8) (19)

19.  George Washington University (3.8) (20)

19.  University of California, Los Angeles (3.8) (17)

19.  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.8) (17)

19.  University of Notre Dame (3.8) (20)

24.  Boston College (3.7) (26)

24.  University of California, Hastings (3.7) (20)

24.  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (3.7) (26)

24.  University of Iowa (3.7) (26)

28.  Boston University (3.6) (31)

28.  College of William & Mary (3.6) (26)

28.  Indiana University, Bloomington (3.6) (31)

28.  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (3.6) (20)

28.  University of Southern California (3.6) (26)

28.  University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.6) (26)