这是美国最新的四星和五星大学分级表，在每级中按字母顺序列出。
★★★★★
五星(入学竞争最为激烈)
Amherst College Mass
Bates College Maine
Boston College Mass.
Bowdoin College Maine
Brown University RI
Bryn Mawr College PA
California Institute of Technology CA
Claremont McKenna College CA
College of William and Mary VA
Columbia College NY
Columbia University NY
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
Cornell College Iowa
Cornell University NY
Dartmouth College NH
Davidson College NC
Duke University NC
Georgetown University DC
Harvard University Mass.
Harvey Mudd College CA
Haverford College PA
The Johns Hopkins University MD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mass.
Middlebury College VT
Northwestern University IL
Pomona College CA
Princeton University NJ
Rice University TX
Stanford University CA
Swarthmore College PA
Tufts University Mass.
United States Air Force Academy CO
United States Military Academy NY
United States Naval Academy MD
University of Chicago IL
University of Notre Dame IN
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Wake Forest University NC
Washington ＆ Lee University VA
Wellesley College Mass.
Wesleyan University CT
Williams College Mass.
Yale University CT
★★★★
四星(入学竞争非常激烈)
此类院校招收各科平均成绩在B或B＋的学生，在班级中排名前20- 35名的高中生也有望进入。新生SAT I测试的分数一般要达到575- 625分，ACT为27- 28。此类院校只接受1／3-1／2的申请者。
对于某些热门专业，你需要有A＋成绩方可从候选名单中脱颖而出。此类院校对新生的SAT I测试要求要达到615分或更高，ACT也要28分以上。招生率低于1／4。
Bard College NY
Boston University Mass.
Brandeis University Mass.
Brigham Young University Utah
Bucknell University PA
Carleton College Minn.
＋ Carnegie Mellon University PA
Case Western Reserve University Ohio
Colby College Maine
Colgate University NY
College of the Holy Cross Mass.
Colorado College
＋ Colorado School of Mines
Drew University NJ
Emory University GA
Franklin and Marshall College PA
George Washington University DC
＋ Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College PA
GMI Engineering ＆ Management Institute MI
＋ Grinnell College Iowa
Grove City College PA
Hamilton College NY
James Madison University VA
Kalamazoo College MI
＋ Kenyon College Ohio
Lafayette College PA
＋ Lawrence University Minn.
Lehigh University PA
Macalester College Minn.
Mary Washington College VA
＋ Oberlin College Ohio
