| School | Average assessment score (5 = highest) |
| University of California–Berkeley | 5 |
| California Institute of Technology | 4.9 |
| Harvard University (MA) | 4.9 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4.9 |
| Stanford University (CA) | 4.8 |
| Scripps Research Institute (CA) | 4.5 |
| University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign | 4.5 |
| Columbia University (NY) | 4.4 |
| Cornell University (NY) | 4.4 |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | 4.4 |
| University of California–Los Angeles | 4.3 |
| Northwestern University (IL) | 4.2 |
| University of Texas–Austin | 4.2 |
| Princeton University (NJ) | 4.1 |
| University of Chicago | 4.1 |
| University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill | 4.1 |
| Yale University (CT) | 4.1 |
| Penn State University–University Park | 4 |
| Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) | 4 |
