| Rank | State | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Massachusetts | Harvard | 98%
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| 5 | Connecticut | Yale | 95%
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| 1 | New Jersey | Princeton | 90%
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| 2 | Massachusetts | M.I.T. | 89%
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| 15 (t) | California | U.C.L.A. | 88%
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| 13 (t) | New York | Columbia | 85%
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| 10 | Pennsylvania | U. Penn | 85%
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| 4 | California | Stanford | 83%
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| 6 (t) | North Carolina | Duke | 81%
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| 13 (t) | Rhode Island | Brown | 80%
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| 15 (t) | New Hampshire | Dartmouth | 73%
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| 63 (t) | Florida | U. Miami | 73%
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| 11 (t) | New York | Cornell | 71%
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| 30 (t) | New York | N.Y.U. | 71%
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| 6 (t) | Maryland | Johns Hopkins | 69%
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| 6 (t) | Illinois | Northwestern | 69%
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| 17 | California | Berkeley | 68%
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| 24 (t) | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown | 67%
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| 6 (t) | California | Caltech | 66%
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| 18 (t) | Tennessee | Vanderbilt | 66%
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| 18 (t) | Indiana | Notre Dame | 63%
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| 33 (t) | Georgia | Georgia Tech | 62%
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| 46 (t) | Washington | U. Washington | 62%
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| 29 | California | U.C. San Diego | 61%
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| 27 (t) | California | U.S.C. | 61%
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| 37 (t) | Massachusetts | Boston College | 60%
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| 41 (t) | Massachusetts | Boston U. | 59%
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| 11 (t) | Illinois | U. Chicago | 59%
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| 41 (t) | Ohio | Ohio State U. | 58%
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| 27 (t) | North Carolina | U. North Carolina - Chapel Hill | 58%
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| 18 (t) | Texas | Rice | 57%
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| 44 (t) | Maryland | U. Maryland - College Park | 56%
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| 30 (t) | Florida | U. Florida | 55%
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| 21 (t) | Michigan | U. Michigan - Ann Arbor | 54%
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| 51 (t) | Virginia | Virginia Tech | 53%
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| 46 (t) | Indiana | Purdue | 52%
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| 41 (t) | New Jersey | Rutgers - New Brunswick | 52%
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| 30 (t) | Texas | U. Texas - Austin | 52%
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| 24 (t) | Georgia | Emory | 51%
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| 54 (t) | Florida | Florida State U. | 48%
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| 63 (t) | Michigan | Michigan State U. | 47%
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| 33 (t) | California | U.C. Irvine | 47%
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| 39 (t) | California | U.C. Santa Barbara | 47%
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| 24 (t) | Virginia | U. Virginia | 47%
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| 54 (t) | Massachusetts | Northeastern | 45%
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| 51 (t) | Texas | Texas A&M | 45%
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| 21 (t) | Pennsylvania | Carnegie Mellon | 44%
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| 63 (t) | Louisiana | Tulane | 44%
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| 33 (t) | California | U.C. Davis | 44%
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| 98 (t) | Iowa | U. Iowa | 44%
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| 21 (t) | Missouri | Washington U. in St. Louis | 44%
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| 54 (t) | Minnesota | U. Minnesota - Twin Cities | 43%
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| 46 (t) | Georgia | U. Georgia | 42%
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| 73 (t) | New York | Syracuse | 41%
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| 63 (t) | Washington, D.C. | George Washington | 40%
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| 86 (t) | Delaware | U. Delaware | 40%
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| 54 (t) | Virginia | William & Mary | 40%
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| 70 (t) | Pennsylvania | U. Pittsburgh | 37%
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| 46 (t) | North Carolina | Wake Forest | 37%
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| 91 (t) | Washington, D.C. | American | 34%
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| 39 (t) | Wisconsin | U. Wisconsin - Madison | 34%
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| 37 (t) | Massachusets | Tufts | 33%
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| 80 (t) | California | Pepperdine | 31%
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| 44 (t) | New York | Rochester | 31%
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| 98 (t) | Pennsylvania | Temple | 31%
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| 70 (t) | Connecticut | U. Connecticut | 31%
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| 51 (t) | Ohio | Case Western Reserve | 29%
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| 80 (t) | South Carolina | Clemson | 29%
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| 98 (t) | Colorado | U. Colorado - Boulder | 29%
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| 86 (t) | Washington, D.C. | Howard | 28%
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| 76 (t) | New York | U. Buffalo | 28%
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| 73 (t) | Indiana | Indiana U. - Bloomington | 27%
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| 76 (t) | California | U.C. Riverside | 27%
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| 33 (t) | Illinois | U. Illinois - Urbana-Champaign | 27%
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| 91 (t) | Texas | Baylor | 26%
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| 58 (t) | Pennsylvania | Villanova | 25%
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| 91 (t) | New York | Fordham | 24%
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| 58 (t) | North Carolina | North Carolina State U. | 24%
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| 84 (t) | California | U.C. Santa Cruz | 24%
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| 86 (t) | Pennsylvania | Drexel | 23%
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| 63 (t) | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State U. | 22%
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| 63 (t) | Massachusetts | Brandeis | 21%
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| 46 (t) | Pennsylvania | Lehigh | 21%
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| 86 (t) | Wisconsin | Marquette | 20%
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| 58 (t) | New York | Stony Brook | 20%
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| 91 (t) | Florida | U. South Florida | 19%
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| 58 (t) | California | U.C. Merced | 18%
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| 76 (t) | Colorado | Colorado School of Mines | 17%
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| 98 (t) | Washington | Gonzaga | 17%
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| 73 (t) | New York | Binghamton | 16%
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| 58 (t) | Massachusetts | U. Massachusetts - Amherst | 16%
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| 63 (t) | California | Santa Clara | 15%
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| 91 (t) | Texas | Southern Methodist | 15%
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| 91 (t) | California | Loyola Marymount | 14%
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| 98 (t) | Florida | Florida International U. | 11%
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| 86 (t) | Massachusetts | Worcester Polytechnic | 11%
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| 70 (t) | New York | Rensselaer Polytechnic | 10%
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| 80 (t) | Illinois | U. Illinois - Chicago | 10%
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| 76 (t) | New Jersey | Stevens Tech | 9%
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| 98 (t) | New York | Yeshiva | 8%
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| 84 (t) | New Jersey | N.J. Tech | 6%
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| 80 (t) | New Jersey | Rutgers - Newark | 6%
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| 98 (t) | New Jersey | Rutgers - Camden | 5%
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| 91 (t) | New York | Rochester Tech | 4%
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