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North America 2020 Season Breakdown

Here's how the top hacker schools performed from August 2019 - July 2020.

Overall Rank School Attendance Rank Merit Rank
1 The University of Waterloo 1 1
2 The University of Toronto 2 6
3 The University of Florida 9 2
4 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 10 3
5 Georgia Institute of Technology 17 4
6 The University of Maryland, College Park 28 5
7 New York University 5 12
8 The University of California, Berkeley 11 10
9 The University of Southern California 4 23
10 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 73 8
11 Stony Brook University, SUNY 113 7
12 Northeastern University 91 9
13 Purdue University 60 11
14 The University of California, San Diego 21 17
15 The University of Virginia 6 31
16 The University of Wisconsin-Madison 29 16
17 The University of Michigan 20 20
18 The University of Texas at Austin 24 19
19 Columbia University 22 22
20 The University of California, Los Angeles 35 14
21 George Mason University 18 26
22 Carnegie Mellon University 15 29
23 The University of Texas at Dallas 16 32
24 Florida Institute Of Technology 3 58
25 Florida International University 7 45
26 McMaster University 99 13
27 Virginia Commonwealth University 8 52
28 The University of Maryland, Baltimore County 23 28
29 Illinois Institute of Technology 33 33
30 The University of Pennsylvania 36 27
31 Georgia State University 26 39
32 Boston University 53 24
33 University at Buffalo, SUNY 90 18
34 The University of British Columbia 32 38
35 McGill University 68 25
36 Cornell University 2272 15
37 Iowa State University 13 71
38 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 69 30
39 The University of Western Ontario 30 46
40 Temple University 213 21
41 The University of Massachusetts Amherst 55 37
42 Queen’s University 57 40
43 The University of Pittsburgh 27 64
44 Stanford University 39 50
45 The University of Central Florida 61 42
46 Johns Hopkins University 31 62
47 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 14 99
48 Duke University 72 41
49 The University of California, Irvine 122 35
50 Virginia Tech 37 60
51 Carleton University 52 51
52 The University of Washington 87 47
53 Oakland University 12 116
54 Western University 80 48
55 York University 70 49
56 The University of Illinois at Chicago 136 36
57 Ryerson University 1641 34
58 Drexel University 81 56
59 The Pennsylvania State University 177 44
60 Stevens Institute of Technology 158 43
61 The University of Tennessee 25 118
62 Concordia University 125 54
63 Northwestern University 62 76
64 Rochester Institute of Technology 169 53
65 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 19 145
66 Brown University 56 83
67 University at Albany, SUNY 58 84
68 Princeton University 98 66
69 Kent State University 38 101
70 The City College of New York, CUNY 238 57
71 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 103 68
72 The University of California, Riverside 221 59
73 San Jose State University 78 74
74 The University of California, Santa Cruz 77 75
75 Texas A&M University 157 63
76 The University of South Florida 1687 55
77 Harvard University 225 65
78 The University of Colorado Boulder 45 102
79 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 206 67
80 North Carolina State University 1648 61
81 The University of Iowa 54 108
82 Northern Virginia Community College 96 79
83 The University of Ottawa 142 72
84 Michigan State University 40 130
85 Florida State University 116 81
86 Queens College, CUNY 67 93
87 Lynbrook High School 41 136
88 Richmond Hill High School 65 103
89 The University of Akron 88 85
90 Cupertino High School 34 168
91 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 66 106
92 Hunter College, CUNY 1755 70
93 The University of Miami 165 80
94 California State University, Fullerton 119 91
95 Wilfrid Laurier University 85 109
96 The University of California, Santa Barbara 2017 69
97 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 76 113
98 The University of California, Davis 2001 73
99 DePaul University 48 127
100 University of Cincinnati 49 134
101 Montgomery Blair High School 51 138
102 Arizona State University 1982 77
103 New Jersey Institute of Technology 184 90
104 Fordham University 1672 78
105 The University of Rochester 168 86
106 The University of Oklahoma 244 87
107 The University of Georgia 86 126
108 The University of Guelph 1890 82
109 The University of Houston 128 114
110 Case Western Reserve University 227 96
111 Vanderbilt University 172 97
112 California State University, Long Beach 1948 92
113 Syracuse University 1704 89
114 Princeton High School 126 124
115 California Institute of Technology 1978 88
116 Tufts University 1694 95

Here’s how the top hacker schools performed from August 2019 - July 2020.

Overall Rank School Attendance Rank Merit Rank
1 The University of Waterloo 1 1
2 The University of Toronto 2 2
3 Georgia Institute of Technology 7 3
4 The University of British Columbia 3 10
5 The University of Western Ontario 10 6
6 New York University 26 4
7 The University of California, Berkeley 14 5
8 McMaster University 12 9
9 Ryerson University 23 7
10 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 32 8
11 The University of Texas at Dallas 11 15
12 Texas A&M University 8 17
13 The University of Texas at Austin 22 12
14 The University of Maryland, College Park 16 14
15 The University of California, San Diego 18 18
16 The University of Southern California 15 21
17 Northeastern University 74 11
18 The University of California, Riverside 6 44
19 York University 133 13
20 New Jersey Institute of Technology 19 33
21 Carleton University 27 25
22 The University of Central Florida 20 37
23 McGill University 46 19
24 Queen’s University 44 23
25 The University of California, Irvine 100 20
26 The University of Virginia 58 26
27 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4540 16
28 Purdue University 59 28
29 Florida Institute Of Technology 9 77
30 Arizona State University 43 38
31 Florida International University 67 32
32 Boston University 42 41
33 Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School 5 96
34 The University of California, Los Angeles 45 42
35 Columbia University 72 36
36 The University of Michigan 97 30
37 University at Buffalo, SUNY 48 45
38 High Technology High School 4 126
39 Johns Hopkins University 13 76
40 Stanford University 35 50
41 Vellore Institute of Technology 124 27
42 The University of Ottawa 60 43
43 Rochester Institute of Technology 4808 22
44 The University of California, Davis 77 46
45 Queens College, CUNY 103 40
46 The University of Florida 148 34
47 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 127 35
48 The University of Windsor 286 29
49 Concordia University 33 64
50 The Pennsylvania State University 267 31
51 The University of Pennsylvania 4609 24
52 Hunter College, CUNY 147 39
53 The University of North Texas 28 71
54 The University of California, Santa Cruz 71 52
55 Virginia Tech 47 61
56 Carnegie Mellon University 70 56
57 George Mason University 138 48
58 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 25 86
59 Georgia State University 65 63
60 Oakland University 17 109
61 Drexel University 146 51
62 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 41 70
63 Iowa State University 24 98
64 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 262 49
65 Stevens Institute of Technology 104 60
66 The University of Guelph 4543 47
67 The University of South Florida 125 58
68 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 29 104
69 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South 30 105
70 The University of Georgia 69 75
71 The University of California, Santa Barbara 31 108
72 Cornell University 283 55
73 The University of Wisconsin-Madison 105 69
74 Harvard University 4831 53
75 Brooklyn College, CUNY 4791 54
76 Wilfrid Laurier University 258 62
77 The City College of New York, CUNY 4805 57
78 Simon Fraser University 92 78
79 Stony Brook University, SUNY 287 65
80 The University of Washington 4523 59
81 The University of Houston 266 72
82 Vanderbilt University 91 87
83 The University of Maryland, Baltimore County 264 74
84 Duke University 4769 66
85 Sheridan College 4779 67
86 Temple University 4562 68
87 National Univeristy of Singapore 101 92
88 Glenforest Secondary School 21 221
89 Wayne State University 66 114
90 Clemson University 275 80
91 Brown University 4624 73
92 Washington University in St. Louis 99 107
93 Baruch College, CUNY 144 93
94 The University of Massachusetts Amherst 4686 79
95 Auburn University 93 120
96 Johnson & Wales University 73 138
97 Florida State University 75 139
98 San Jose State University 4853 81
99 Colorado School of Mines 38 204
100 The University of Alberta 57 141
101 Clark University 253 89
102 California State University, Fullerton 257 90
103 The University of Oklahoma 61 144
104 Emory University 96 125
105 The University of California, Merced 277 94
106 Millburn High School 37 225
107 Case Western Reserve University 89 130
108 Bayview Secondary School 94 131
109 John Fraser Secondary School 137 115
110 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4872 82
111 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 4884 83
112 The University of Rochester 4593 84
113 Tufts University 4600 85
114 Princeton University 130 119
115 Centennial High School 134 122
116 California State University, Long Beach 4776 88
117 Vincent Massey Secondary School 4678 91
118 The University of Toledo 88 150
119 Georgia Gwinnett College 4671 95
120 Seneca College 4725 97
121 The University of Manchester 34 327
122 Lynbrook High School 54 181
123 Illinois Institute of Technology 4653 99
124 William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute 4847 100
125 The University of Texas at San Antonio 4548 101
126 Richmond Hill High School 256 117
127 Michigan State University 260 118
128 Ridge High School 64 197
129 Yale University 4763 102
130 Markville Secondary School 55 206
131 Loyola Marymount University 86 169
132 Texas Tech University 4576 103
133 The University of Ontario Institute of Technology 129 143
134 Wellesley College 4700 106
135 Victoria Park Collegiate Institute 282 127
136 Saratoga High School 39 308
137 Turner Fenton Secondary School 4757 110
138 Fordham University 4811 111
139 Kent State University 76 230
140 Rice University 4834 112
141 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 122 153
142 The University of Minnesota 4654 113
143 VIT University 280 134
144 Cupertino High School 4518 116
145 %University of Central Florida% 36 772
146 The SRM University 4658 121
147 North Carolina State University 4692 123
148 Howard University 265 137
149 Northern Virginia Community College 4728 124
150 %University of Florida% 40 441
117 Brooklyn College, CUNY 1751 94
118 Rice University 166 112
119 Howard University 1835 98
120 The University of Missouri 59 195
121 Simon Fraser University 211 120
122 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 134 123
123 Towson University 1698 100
124 Rowan University 82 162
125 The University of California, Merced 93 139
126 The College Of William & Mary 1979 104
127 Washington University in St. Louis 83 172
128 Diablo Valley College 1946 105
129 Yale University 1671 107
130 Florida Polytechnic University 1939 110
131 The University of Toledo 71 190
132 The University of Minnesota 1654 111
133 The University of Louisville 201 129