Jason English
Name the Top 20 National Universities
by Jason English - February 4, 2009 - 3:09 PM

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Each year, U.S. News & World Report ranks the top colleges and universities in the United States. How many of the top 20 national universities from their ‘Best Colleges 2009′ issue can you name in five minutes? (Whether you buy into their methodology is another subject for another five-minute block.)

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Comments (9)

  1. Missed Rice, Emory, Vandy, Chicago and Penn. I imagine a lot of people will not think of Washington, us being way out in the great green north.

    posted by Sean O. on 2-4-2009 at 3:28 pm

  2. Here’s the link to the list, in case anyone was wondering:

    colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search

    posted by Jason English on 2-4-2009 at 3:34 pm

  3. I got all but 5 (rice, vandy, chicago, washington, and emory). The rest were pretty easy (especially the ivy leaguers). I was a little surprised to see Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, and Cal Berkeley not make the top 20 (close but no cigar).

    posted by Ian on 2-4-2009 at 4:23 pm

  4. I got 11- you win some you lose some….

    posted by Zach on 2-4-2009 at 4:23 pm

  5. Forgot the one in Baltimore. Had the rest.

    FYI the “Washington” on the list is likely the one in St. Louis.

    posted by DenverGregg on 2-4-2009 at 6:20 pm

  6. it’s Washington University in St. Louis, not University of Washington

    posted by carl on 2-5-2009 at 12:24 am

  7. All I got was Ivy Leagues + MIT + Stanford.

    Meh.

    (Whadayamean Oral Roberts isn’t in the top 20?)

    posted by Zach on 2-5-2009 at 1:48 am

  8. Got all but University of Chicago, Washington University and Emory. Was also surprised georgetown and Carnigie Mellon not on the list.

    posted by Chris on 2-5-2009 at 10:08 am

  9. I’m feeling pretty proud of my score of 12, considering my lack of knowledge of the Ivy League.

    posted by Lindsey on 2-5-2009 at 10:25 am

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