Can you name the top Universities in the U.S. (based on U.S. News Rankings)?

College/University	State
	Massachusetts
	New Jersey
	Connecticut
	New York
	California
	Pennsylvania
	Massachusetts
	California
	New Hampshire
	North Carolina
	Illinois
	Illinois
	Maryland
	Missouri
	New York
	Rhode Island
	Texas
	Tennessee
	Indiana
	Georgia
	Washington DC
	California
	Pennsylvania
	California
	California

College/University	State
	Virginia
	North Carolina
	Massachusetts
	Michigan
	North Carolina
	Massachusetts
	Virginia
	New York
	Massachusetts
	Georgia
	California
	Pennsylvania
	New York
	California
	California
	Washington
	Ohio
	New York
	California
	Texas
	Wisconsin
	Illinois
	Pennsylvania
	Florida
	New York

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Top U.S. Universities Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: February 17th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: College Quizzes, University Quizzes, State Quizzes, score, based, banking, US News, top

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	minijunx:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:06 GMT	0 points
	can you make a similar one for uk/worldwide?

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	Lindsay:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT	12 points
	Fun quiz - surprised that I managed to get 39. Don't forget to give the little schools some love too - would also love to see the best liberal arts colleges made into a quiz someday http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/liberal-arts-search

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	davidr:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT	9 points
	My score was somewhat inflated by the fact that at least one of `[State] University', `[State] State University' or `[State] Tech' is an answer for most of the states mentioned. :-)

	bsd987:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:13 GMT	0 points
	CIT should be accepted for Cal Tech

	Mountleek:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:13 GMT	12 points
	Today I found out why it is John"s" Hopkins University. "Johns" was originally the surname of his great-grandmother.

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	davidr:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	5 points
	@raveneleni: `[State] tech' works for the one that's known as `[State] Tech'. The other two institutes of technology have different well-known abbreviations, which are accepted (though `[State] tech' isn't, in those cases).

	deej:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	2 points
	yeah the inconsistencies in abbreviations is irritating. cmu works but not wfu - why?

	Etheridge2:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:34 GMT	9 points
	I got 38 but I typed UC-Santa barbara and didn't get credit and tried CIT and didn't get credit..I should have got W&M and the Jewish schools (I had cousins at all 3 of those)

	magister:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	18 points
	@Catherine F: I think they wanted you to differentiate between Boston College and Boston University.

	beatrix kiddo:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	5 points
	13 (i'm proud of that as im a brit)

	brianc:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	2 points
	@catherine and magister: Yeah, I go to Boston University, we're usually just out of the top 50 on this list. I also got typed and was rewarded for "uc irvine" "ucla" and "uc davis" but not for "uc santa barbara". Didn't think of san diego

	cntower:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:43 GMT	-4 points
	No clown colleges?

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	DynamiteDG:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	2 points
	That was an interesting one. I got 39/50. I remembered a lot of them because I follow college basketball and football, so I recognize a lot of the teams. A bunch of them I've never thought would be in the top 50, like numbers 38-44.

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	motrain24:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:14 GMT	5 points
	typed "William & Mary" and didn't get credit

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	pete:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:18 GMT	10 points
	how about uva for virginia?

	Ben:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:26 GMT	3 points
	added some alternate abbreviations.. sorry for the ones that I left off...

	Jaksiel:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:34 GMT	-4 points
	Hooray, my school is second least known behind only Yeshiva!

	president_benson:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:40 GMT	3 points
	so 'san diego' and 'santa barbara' is accepted, but not 'irvine' or 'davis.' Please make it consistent.

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	guyleguy:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 18:54 GMT	11 points
	Woo, CWRU. Go Spartans! Highest ranked university in Ohio. Suck on that OSU, with your national fame, giant student body and superior athletics.

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	jessbowen:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	3 points
	I'm surprised none of the military academies made the list - I think they often make the top 50, no?

	Chumley:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:09 GMT	1 point
	For the California schools just put the abbreviation ala UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCI. Although for Berkley you can just put Cal.

	davidr:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:15 GMT	0 points
	@chumley: Some of those abbreviations didn't work when the quiz was first posted.

	Tank:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:20 GMT	4 points
	Nice quiz, many of the good colleges go by one word, or initials.

	el_barto:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	2 points
	Tough crowd...apparently I'm on the losing end of the lafayette-lehigh rivalry.

	Lindsay:	Feb 17th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	2 points
	Jessica Bowen - I think the military schools are on the top liberal arts college list. I know I saw at least a couple on there.