Бизнес инсайдър публикува класация на “най-умните” американски университети. Подредбата е извършена въз основа на средния успех от стандартизираните тестове SAT на студентите, които учат в дадено висше учебно заведение. На първо място е California Institute of Technology със среден резултат от SAT – 1545.
1. California Institute of Technology
2. University of Chicago
3. Harvard University
4. Harvey Mudd College
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. Yale University
7. Princeton University
8. Vanderbilt University
9. Washington University in St Louis
10. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
11. Columbia University
12. Stanford University
13. Northwestern University
14. Rice University
15. Pomona College
15. Duke University
17. Williams College
17. University of Pennsylvania
19. University of Notre Dame
20. Dartmouth College
21. Johns Hopkins University
21. Amherst College
23. Carnegie Mellon University
24. Brown University
25. Swarthmore College
26. Tufts University
27. Cornell University
27. Haverford College
29. Northeastern University
29. Webb Institute
31. Claremont McKenna College
32. Georgetown University
33. Carleton College
34. Vassar College
35. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
36. Grinnell College
37. Washington and Lee University
38. Hamilton College
39. Wellesley College
40. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Average
41. Reed College
42. University of California-Berkeley
43. University of Southern California
43. Boston College
43. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
46. Middlebury College
47. Case Western Reserve University
48. College of William and Mary
49. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
50. Brandeis University
50. Colgate University