Among them, there are nearly 300 research universities, which can carry out undergraduate, vocational diploma and postgraduate (master's and doctoral) education, and can award the highest degree. In addition, there are more than 2,200 four-year colleges, which mainly provide undergraduate education and award students bachelor's degrees. Among these colleges, Amherst College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Wellesley College, Williams College and Smith College are among the best. These colleges are famous in the United States for their undergraduate education. After graduation, a considerable number of their students also entered the most famous research universities in the United States for further study. Two-year community colleges are about 1600, which can only grant students "associate degree" with low tuition fees, and two-thirds of them are part-time students.
For example, the position of Go is roughly graded by American famous schools and colleges (here only refers to undergraduate education);
Shiduan University (6 "super" first-class universities)
Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology
Jiu Duan University ("very strong" first-class university, 15)
Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and St. Louis University.
And some of the most famous liberal arts colleges:
Amherst College, Williams College, Swarthmore College, Pomona College and Wellesley College.
Baduan University (1 1 "strong" first-class university)
Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University, Emory University, Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Notre Dame University.
There are also some liberal arts colleges:
Carleton college, Middlebury College, Smith College, Bowdoin College and davidson college.
Qiduan University (first-class university, 16)
University of California at Berkeley, University of Virginia, University of Michigan at An Yinling, University of California at Los Angeles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Southern California, Tufts University, Wake Forest University, College of William and Mary, University of Wisconsin at Madison, case western reserve university.
There are also some liberal arts colleges:
Haverford College, Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Wesleyan College, Grinnell College and Vasa College.
Six universities ("slightly weaker" first-class universities, 25)
Brandeis University, Lehigh University, Boston College, new york University, Rochester University, University of California, San Diego, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington (Seattle), Rensselaer Institute of Technology, University of California, Irvine, Tulane. University, Yeshiva University, Penn State University at Park, University of Texas at Austin, University of California at Davis, University of California at Santa Barbara.
There are also some liberal arts colleges:
Harvey Mudd College, Hamilton College, Colgate College, United States Naval Academy and Oberlin College.
The so-called prestigious schools (here, undergraduate education) do not have a clear standard, but are generally recognized by the society, and the lists published by different institutions are different. In the above-mentioned hierarchical list, 8- 10 colleges and universities can be considered as world famous schools. And 6-7 universities can be considered as national famous schools, and some of their majors also enjoy world reputation. (In Go, paragraph 6 is a very high-level player and a national player! Moreover, it should be emphasized that undergraduate education in American universities is not as different as everyone thinks; Studying in the top 100 research universities or colleges of arts and sciences can get a good basic training. If the big difference may come from the difference of students' level, generally speaking, the more prestigious schools, the higher the average level of students, and the more active the interaction between students.