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Yale University

New Haven, CT 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 629 2010 Total teaching faculty: 135
SCORE: 100
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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 1,733 2010 Total teaching faculty:
SCORE: 96
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Stanford University

Stanford, CA 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 571 2010 Total teaching faculty: 87
SCORE: 94
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Columbia University

New York, NY 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 1,343 2010 Total teaching faculty: 194
SCORE: 92
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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 634 2010 Total teaching faculty: 82
SCORE: 90
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New York University

New York, NY 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 1,431 2010 Total teaching faculty: 209
SCORE: 89
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University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 1,134 2010 Total teaching faculty: 118
SCORE: 86
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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 802 2010 Total teaching faculty: 107
SCORE: 86
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University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 916 2010 Total teaching faculty: 119
SCORE: 85
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University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 2010 Total full-time enrollment: 1,105 2010 Total teaching faculty: 163
SCORE: 85