Five America East institutions are ranked among the top 100 national universities in America according to the annual U.S. News & World Report survey released Friday (August 19). Of the nation's I-AA and I-AAA conferences, only the Ivy League had more institutions in the top 100.

Boston University, ranked No. 60, received the highest rating for any of the nine America East institutions. Binghamton University (74), University of Vermont (93, tie), University of New Hampshire (97, tie) and Stony Brook University (97, tie) were others highly rated among the national universities. U.S. News & World Report defines national universities as those that "offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees. In many cases, they place strong emphasis on research and receive federal money to support their research endeavors."

The survey appears in the August 29 edition of U.S. News & World Report and is based on 15 indicators of academic quality gathered from each institution.

In addition, Binghamton (30), Vermont (43), New Hampshire (45, tie) and Stony Brook (45, tie) ranked among the top 50 public national universities in the country.

A breakdown of the top 100 by conference:
Big 10 - 11
ACC - 10
Big XII - 8
Ivy League - 8
Big East - 7
Pac 10 - 6
America East - 5
SEC - 5
C-USA - 4
Big West - 3
WAC - 3
Atlantic 10 - 2
Colonial - 2
Patriot League - 2
MEAC - 1
Mid-American - 1
Mountain West - 1
Sun Belt - 1
West Coast Conference - 1