2009 Winners

1: Private Research/Doctoral Institutions

Overall Performance:
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Johns Hopkins University (Md.)
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University (Conn.)

Overall Improvement:
Emory University (Ga.)
Marquette University (Wis.)
University of Miami (Fla.)
University of Tulsa (Okla.)

2: Public Research/Doctoral Institutions

Overall Performance:
Indiana University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin **
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Overall Improvement:
East Carolina University (N.C.)
Missouri University of Science and Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Texas Tech University and Health Services
University of Cincinnati (Ohio)
University of Colorado Foundation
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Texas at Austin **

3: Private Comprehensive institutions

Overall Performance:
John Brown University (Ark.)
Morningside College (Iowa)
Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.)
Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.)
Saint Joseph’s University (Penn.)
Spring Hill College (Ala.)
Trinity University (Tex.)
Union University (Tenn.) **
Villanova University (Penn.)
Xavier University (Ohio)

Overall Improvement:
Alvernia College (Penn.)
Centenary College (N.J.)
Monmouth University (N.J.)
Union University (Tenn.) **
Wheelock College (Mass.)

4: Public Comprehensive Institutions

Overall Performance:
Appalachian State University (N.C.) **
California State University, Long Beach
Missouri State University
University of Northern Iowa
Washburn University (Kan.)

Overall Improvement:
Appalachian State University (N.C.) **
Bowie State University (Md.)
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY John Jay College
Eastern Connecticut State University
University of South Alabama

5: Private Liberal Arts Institutions

Overall Performance:
Amherst College (Mass.)
Bowdoin College (Maine)
Centre College (Ky.)
Claremont McKenna College (Calf.)
Davidson College (N.C.)
Trinity College (Conn.)
Washington and Lee University (Va.)
Williams College (Mass.)

Overall Improvement:
Calvin College (Mich.)
Davis & Elkins College (W.Va.)
Hartwick College (N.Y.)
Lake Forest College (Ill.)
St. John’s University (Minn.)

6: Public Liberal Arts Institutions

Overall Performance:
United States Military Academy (N.Y.)

Overall Improvement:
No awards

7: Private Professional or Specialized Institutions

Overall Performance:
Babson College (Mass.)

Overall Improvement:
No awards

8: Public Professional or Specialized Institutions

Overall Performance:
University of California, San Francisco

Overall Improvement:
Medical University of South Carolina

9: Private Two-Year Institutions

Overall Performance:
No awards

Overall Improvement:
No awards

10: Public Two-Year Institutions

Overall Performance:
SUNY Monroe Community College<

Overall Improvement:
SUNY Onondaga Community College

11: Secondary Boarding or Boarding/Day Schools with Fewer than 2,500 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Millbrook School (N.Y.)

Overall Improvement:
The Purnell School (N.J.)

12: Secondary Boarding or Boarding/Day Schools with Greater than 2,500 and Fewer than 5,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Pomfret School (Conn.)

Overall Improvement:
Westover School (Conn.)

13: Secondary Boarding or Boarding/Day Schools with Greater than 5,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Berkshire School (Mass.)
St. Paul’s School (N.H.)

Overall Improvement:
Blair Academy (N.J.)

14: Secondary Day or Day/Boarding Schools with Fewer than 2,500 Alumni

Overall Performance:
No Awards

Overall Improvement:
Oakwood Friends School (N.Y.)

15: Secondary Day or Day/Boarding Schools with Greater than 2,500 and Fewer than 5,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
No Awards

Overall Improvement:
Stony Brook School (N.Y.)

16: Secondary Day or Day Boarding Schools with Greater than 5,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Cranbrook Schools (Mich.)

Overall Improvement:
Marist School (Ga.)

17: Elementary/Secondary Day Schools with Fewer than 2,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Boy’s Latin School of Maryland

Overall Improvement:
No Awards

18: Elementary/Secondary Day Schools with Greater than 2,000 and Fewer than 3,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Chadwick School (Calif.)

Overall Improvement:
Porter-Gaud School (S.C.)

19: Elementary/Secondary Day Schools with Greater than 3,000 and Fewer than 4,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
The Chapin School (N.Y.)

Overall Improvement:
St. Mark’s School of Texas

20: Elementary/Secondary Day Schools with Greater than 4,000 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Episcopal Academy (Penn.)
The Brearley School (N.Y.)

Overall Improvement:
Norfolk Academy (Va.)
Polytechnic School (Calif.)

21: Elementary Day Schools with Fewer than 1,500 Alumni

Overall Performance:
No Awards

Overall Improvement:
No Awards

22: Elementary Day Schools with Greater than 1,500 Alumni

Overall Performance:
Greenwich Country Day School (Conn.) **

Overall Improvement:
Greenwich Country Day School (Conn.) **

23: Non-Independent Schools

Overall Performance:
No Awards

Overall Improvement:
No Awards

** Indicates a winner in both Overall Performance and Overall Improvement