| Rank | Institution |
| 1 | New College of Florida |
| 2 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| 3 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus |
| 4 | Virginia Military Institute |
| 5 | St Mary's College of Maryland |
| 6 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy |
| 7 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus |
| 8 | The University of Virginia's College at Wise |
| 9 | College of William and Mary |
| 10 | Wellesley College |
| 11 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| 12 | Georgia College and State University |
| 13 | Barnard College |
| 14 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University |
| 15 | New York School of Interior Design |
| 16 | Maine Maritime Academy |
| 17 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering |
| 18 | University of Maine at Machias |
| 19 | Scripps College |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley |
| 21 | Harvey Mudd College |
| 22 | Montana Tech of the University of Montana |
| 23 | Bryn Mawr College |
| 24 | University of Pittsburgh-Titusville |
| 25 | Montana State University-Northern |
| 26 | The College of New Rochelle |
| 27 | Johnson State College |
| 28 | Norfolk State University |
| 29 | Claremont McKenna College |
| 30 | The Evergreen State College |
| 31 | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 32 | Webb Institute |
| 33 | San Francisco Art Institute |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg |
| 35 | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
| 36 | University of Maine at Fort Kent |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Hilo |
| 39 | Vermont Technical College |
| 40 | Pomona College |
| 41 | Haverford College |
| 42 | Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary |
| 43 | Castleton State College |
| 44 | Bowie State University |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown |
| 46 | University of Montevallo |
| 47 | University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| 48 | Michigan Technological University |
| 49 | College of Saint Benedict |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill |