| Rank | State | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 98%
|
| 2 | CA | Stanford University | 76%
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| 5 | CA | California Institute of Technology | 75%
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| 7 | GA | Georgia Institute of Technology | 72%
|
| 3 | CA | University of California--Berkeley | 60%
|
| 8 | IN | Purdue University--West Lafayette | 58%
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| 14 | NY | Cornell University | 49%
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| 11 | NY | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) | 47%
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| 9 | CA | University of Southern California (Viterbi) | 46%
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| 5 | MI | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | 42%
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| 4 | PA | Carnegie Mellon University | 41%
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| 11 | CA | University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) | 35%
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| 11 | TX | University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) | 22%
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| 10 | IN | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | 9%
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| 15 | TX | Texas A&M University—College Station | 6%
|