Greg Frederickson's Ratings of US Libraries

Tier 1 Libraries

Appalachian State University (North Carolina)
Auburn University (Alabama)
Brigham Young University (Utah)
Brown University (Rhode Island)
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Northridge
Cornell University (New York)
Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
East Carolina University (North Carolina)
Eastern Michigan University
Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania)
Fordham University (New York)
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
Hampshire College (Massachusetts)
Lafayette College (Pennsylvania)
Lewis & Clark College (Oregon)
Library of Congress (District of Columbia)
Marquette University (Wisconsin)
Messiah College (Pennsylvania)
North Carolina State University
Nova Southeastern University (Florida)
Ohio State University
Princeton University (New Jersey)
Purdue University (Indiana)
San Francisco State University (California)
Shawnee State University (Ohio)
Stetson University (Florida)
Syracuse University (New York)
Temple University (Pennsylvania)
Texas A&M University
Tufts University (Massachusetts)
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois, Urbana
University of Kentucky
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Miami (Florida)
University of New Hampshire
University of North Florida
University of North Texas
University of Oregon
University of San Francisco
University of Tennessee
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
US Naval Academy (Maryland)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Williams College (Massachusetts)

Tier 2 Libraries

Arizona State University . . (1, 2)
Belmont University (Tennessee) . . (1, 3)
Beloit College (Wisconsin) . . (1, 2)
Birmingham Southern College (Alabama) . . (1, 2)
Bowie State University (Maryland) . . (1, 2)
Bridgewater College (Virginia) . . (1, 2)
Bucknell University (Pennsylvania) . . (2, 3)
California Institute of Technology . . (1, 3)
California State University, Dominguez Hills . . (1, 2)
California State University, East Bay . . (1, 2)
Case Western Reserve (Ohio) . . (2, 3)
Central Connecticut State University . . (1, 2)
Chicago Public Library (Illinois) . . (1, 2)
Colorado College . . (2, 3)
Colorado State University . . (1, 2)
Davidson College (North Carolina) . . (2, 3)
Delta State University (Mississippi) . . (1, 3)
Duke University (North Carolina) . . (1, 2)
Earlham College (Indiana) . . (2, 3)
Eastern Connecticut State University . . (1, 2)
Eastern Illinois University . . (1, 2)
Emory University (Georgia) . . (1, 2)
Evergreen State College (Washington) . . (1, 2)
Florida Gulf Coast University . . (1, 2)
Florida International University . . (1, 2)
Framingham State College (Massachusetts) . . (2, 3)
Franklin & Marshall College (Pennsylvania) . . (2, 3)
Furman University (South Carolina) . . (1, 3)
George Mason University (Virginia) . . (2, 3)
Georgia Institute of Technology . . (1, 2)
Grinnell College (Iowa) . . (2, 3)
Harvard University (Massachusetts) . . (1, 3)
Hofstra University (New York) . . (1, 2)
Humboldt State University (California) . . (1, 2)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania . . (1, 3)
Ithaca College (New York) . . (1, 2)
Iowa State University . . (2, 3)
John Carroll University (Ohio) . . (1, 2)
Keene State College (New Hampshire) . . (1, 2)
Long Island University, C. W. Post (New York) . . (2, 3)
Loyola-Notre Dame University (Maryland) . . (1, 2)
McNeese State University (Louisiana) . . (1, 2)
Meredith College (North Carolina) . . (1, 2)
Miami University (Ohio) . . (1, 2)
Michigan State University . . (1, 3)
Moravian College (Pennsylvania) . . (1, 2)
New Mexico State University . . (1, 2)
New York University . . (1, 3)
North Carolina Central University . . (1, 3)
Northeastern Illinois University . . (1, 2)
Northwest Missouri State University . . (2, 3)
Ohio Wesleyan University . . (1, 3)
Oklahoma State University . . (1, 3)
Oregon State University . . (1, 2)
Pacific University (Oregon) . . (1, 2)
Phoenix Public Library (Arizona) . . (1, 3)
Portland State University (Oregon) . . (1, 2)
Queens Borough Public Library (New York) . . (1, 2)
Radford University (Virginia) . . (1, 3)
Reed College (Oregon) . . (1, 2)
Sacramento State University (California) . . (1, 2)
Saint John's University (New York) . . (1, 2)
Saint Louis University (Missouri) . . (1, 2)
Sewanee: The University of the South (Tennessee) . . (1, 2)
Smith College (Massachusetts) . . (1, 2)
State University of New York, College at Oneonta . . (1, 3)
State University of New York, Oswego . . (1, 2)
Texas A&M University, Cent . . (1)
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi . . (1, 3)
Texas A&M University, Galveston . . (1, 2)
Texas Tech University . . (1, 2)
Texas State University, San Marcos . . (1)
University of Arizona . . (1, 2)
University of California, Los Angeles . . (1, 2)
University of California, Santa Barbara . . (1, 2)
University of California, Santa Cruz . . (1, 2)
University of Central Florida . . (2, 3)
University of Chicago (Illinois) . . (1, 2)
University of Cincinnati (Ohio) . . (1, 2)
University of Colorado at Boulder . . (1, 2)
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs . . (2, 3)
University of Colorado at Denver . . (1, 3)
University of Dayton (Ohio) . . (2, 3)
University of Delaware . . (1, 2)
University of Denver (Colorado) . . (1, 2)
University of Georgia . . (1, 2)
University of Houston (Texas) . . (1, 2)
University of Kansas . . (1, 2)
University of Maine . . (1, 2)
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) . . (1, 2)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor . . (1, 2)
University of Michigan, Dearborn . . (1, 2)
University of Mississippi . . (1, 2)
University of Mobile (Alabama) . . (1, 2)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill . . (1, 2)
University of North Carolina, Wilmington . . (1, 2)
University of North Dakota . . (1, 3)
University of Northern Colorado . . (1, 2)
University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) . . (1, 2)
University of Rhode Island . . (1, 2)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles . . (1, 2)
University of Texas, Austin . . (1, 2)
University of Vermont . . (1, 2)
University of Virginia . . (1, 2)
University of West Florida . . (1, 2)
University of Wisconsin, Platteville . . (1, 2)
University of Wisconsin, River Falls . . (1, 2)
Ursinus College (Pennsylvania) . . (2, 3)
Wake Forest University (North Carolina) . . (1, 2)
Washington and Lee University (Virginia) . . (1, 2)
Wayne State University (Michigan) . . (1, 2)
Western Kentucky University . . (1, 2)
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) . . (1, 2)

Tier 3 Libraries

Abilene Christian University (Texas) . . (2)
Allen County Public Library (Indiana) . . (3)
Amherst College (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Angelo State University (Texas) . . (1)
Art Institute of Dallas (Texas) . . (1)
Augsburg College (Minnesota) . . (1)
Augusta State University (Georgia) . . (3)
Austin Peay State University (Tennessee) . . (2)
Averett University (Virginia) . . (2)
Ball State University (Indiana) . . (1)
Barton College (North Carolina) . . (2)
Bellarmine University (Kentucky) . . (3)
Berea College (Kentucky) . . (3)
Bethany Lutheran College (Minnesota) . . (1)
Bethel College (Kansas) . . (1)
Binghamton University, State University of New York . . (3)
Bluffton University (Ohio) . . (1)
Boca Raton Public Library (Florida) . . (3)
Boston College (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Boston Public Library (Massachusetts) . . (2)
Bowdoin College (Maine) . . (1)
Brandeis University (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Broward Community College (Florida) . . (3)
Buffalo State College (New York) . . (2)
California Polytechnic State University . . (1)
California State University, Fresno . . (1)
California State University, Los Angeles . . (1)
California State University, Stanislaus . . (3)
Calvin College (Michigan) . . (1)
Carmel Clay Public Library (Indiana) . . (2)
Carol Stream Public Library (Illinois) . . (1)
Carthage College (Wisconsin) . . (2)
Castleton State College (Vermont) . . (3)
Central Washington University . . (2)
Chowan University (North Carolina) . . (2)
City University of New York . . (1)
Claflin University (South Carolina) . . (2)
Claremont Colleges (California) . . (1)
Cleveland Public Library (Ohio) . . (2)
Cleveland State University (Ohio) . . (2)
Coe College (Iowa) . . (3)
Colby College (Maine) . . (1)
Colgate University (New York) . . (1)
College of Charleston (South Carolina) . . (1)
College of Lake County (Illinois) . . (2)
College of New Jersey . . (3)
College of Saint Scholastica (Minnesota) . . (1)
College of William and Mary (Virginia) . . (1)
Collin County Community College District (Texas) . . (3)
Columbia College of Missouri . . (1)
Columbia University (New York) . . (1)
Columbus Metropolitan Library (Ohio) . . (1)
Columbus State University (Georgia) . . (1)
Community College of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
Cosumnes River College (California) . . (1)
Creighton University (Nebraska) . . (3)
Dalton State College (Georgia) . . (1)
Delgado Community College (Louisiana) . . (2)
Denver Public Library (Colorado) . . (1)
DeVry University, Calgary (Canada) . . (1)
Dordt College (Iowa) . . (1)
Drake University (Iowa) . . (3)
Drexel University (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
East Central Georgia Regional Library . . (1)
East Tennessee State University . . (3)
Eastern Washington University . . (1)
Eckerd College (Florida) . . (2)
El Camino College (California) . . (3)
Fairfield University (Connecticut) . . (3)
Fairleigh Dickenson University (New Jersey) . . (1)
Fayetteville State University (North Carolina) . . (3)
Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Fletcher Technical Community College (Louisiana) . . (3)
Florida A & M University . . (2)
Florida Atlantic University . . (1)
Florida State University . . (1)
Franklin College (Indiana) . . (1)
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Massachusetts) . . (2)
George Washington University (District of Columbia) . . (1)
Georgia Regents University (Georgia) . . (3)
Georgia State University . . (2)
Golden West College (California) . . (3)
Gonzaga University (Washington) . . (2)
Greenville College (Illinois) . . (1)
Hampden-Sydney College (Virginia) . . (1)
Hanover College (Indiana) . . (1)
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) . . (2)
Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
Hillsdale College (Michigan) . . (2)
Holyoke Community College (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Hood College (Maryland) . . (1)
Hope College (Michigan) . . (2)
Houghton College (New York) . . (1)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai (New York) . . (1)
Immaculata University (Pennsylvania) . . (1)
Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago . . (2)
Illinois State University . . (2)
Indiana University . . (3)
Indiana University, Northwest . . (2)
Indiana University, South Bend . . (2)
Indiana Wesleyan University . . (2)
John Wood Community College (Illinois) . . (2)
Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) . . (2)
Johnson & Wales University, Providence (Rhode Island) . . (1)
Johnson C. Smith University (North Carolina) . . (3)
La Salle University (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
Le Moyne College (New York) . . (2)
Linda Hall Library (Missouri) . . (1)
Linfield College (Oregon) . . (2)
Live Oak Public Library (Georgia) . . (1)
Longwood University (Virginia) . . (1)
Loyola Marymount University (California) . . (1)
Loyola University Chicago (Illinois) . . (1)
Madison Public Library (Wisconsin) . . (1)
Maharishi University of Management (Iowa) . . (1)
Mansfield University (Pennsylvania) . . (3)
Marist College (New York) . . (2)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts . . (1)
Medgar Evers College (New York) . . (1)
Merrimack College (Massachusetts) . . (2)
Mesa State College (Colorado) . . (2)
Middlebury College (Vermont) . . (2)
Milwaukee Public Library (Wisconsin) . . (2)
Minot State University (North Dakota) . . (3)
Mission College (California) . . (1)
Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) . . (3)
Nassau Community College (New York) . . (2)
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas . . (2)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology . . (1)
New York Public Library . . (2)
New York University, Institute of Fine Arts . . (3)
Norfolk State University (Virginia) . . (2)
North Dakota State University . . (2)
Northeastern University (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Northern Arizona University . . (1)
Northern New Mexico College . . (1)
Northwestern University (Illinois) . . (2)
Oak Lawn Public Library (Illinois) . . (2)
Oberlin College (Ohio) . . (3)
Occidental College (California) . . (1)
Palo Alto College (Texas) . . (2)
Pasadena Public Library (California) . . (2)
Pensacola Christian College (Florida) . . (1)
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona . . (3)
Pennsylvania State University, Fayette . . (1)
Pennsylvania State University, York . . (1)
Pima Community College (Arizona) . . (1)
Prairie View A&M University (Texas) . . (2)
Providence College (Rhode Island) . . (1)
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (Ohio) . . (1)
Purdue University, Calumet (Indiana) . . (1)
Queens College (New York) . . (1)
Quincy University (Illinois) . . (2)
Randolph-Macon College (Virginia) . . (3)
Rhodes College (Tennessee) . . (3)
Rice University (Texas) . . (1)
Richard Stockton College (New Jersey) . . (2)
Ripon College (Wisconsin) . . (2)
Roanoke College (Virginia) . . (2)
Roger Williams University (Rhode Island) . . (2)
Rowan University (New Jersey) . . (2)
Rutgers University (New Jersey) . . (1)
Saint Charles County Community College (Missouri) . . (2)
Saint Johns College (Maryland) . . (1)
Saint Johns University (Minnesota) . . (1)
Saint Olaf College (Minnesota) . . (1)
Saint Petersburg Junior College (Florida) . . (2)
Sam Houston State University (Texas) . . (3)
San Jose State University (California) . . (3)
Santa Clara County Free Library (California) . . (3)
Santa Clara University (California) . . (1)
Seattle Public Library (Washington) . . (1)
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania . . (1)
Siena College (New York) . . (3)
Sierra Nevada College (Nevada) . . (1)
Snow College (Utah) . . (1)
Southeastern Louisiana University . . (1)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale . . (1)
Southern Utah University . . (1)
Southwest Minnesota State University . . (1)
Southwestern University (Texas) . . (1)
Stanford University (California) . . (1)
State Library of Louisiana . . (1)
State University of New York, New Paltz . . (3)
Sul Ross State University (Texas) . . (3)
Susquehanna University (Pennsylvania) . . (1)
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) . . (1)
Texas A&M International University . . (1)
Texas A&M University, Commerce . . (1)
Texas Christian University . . (2)
Texas State University . . (2)
Touro College (New York) . . (2)
Transylvania University (Kentucky) . . (1)
Trinity University (Texas) . . (1)
Truman State University (Missouri) . . (2)
Union College (New York) . . (2)
University at Albany, State University of New York . . (1)
University of Alabama . . (2)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks . . (1)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville . . (1)
University of California, Davis . . (2)
University of Evansville (Indiana) . . (3)
University of Florida . . (1)
University of Hawaii, Hilo . . (1)
University of Hawaii, Manoa . . (1)
University of Houston, Clear Lake (Texas) . . (2)
University of Illinois at Springfield . . (3)
University of Iowa . . (3)
University of Mary Washington (Virginia) . . (2)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst . . (3)
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth . . (1)
University of Memphis (Tennessee) . . (1)
University of Michigan, Flint . . (1)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities . . (3)
University of Missouri, Columbia . . (1)
University of Missouri, Kansas City . . (1)
University of Montana, Missoula . . (1)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln . . (1)
University of Nebraska, Omaha . . (2)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas . . (3)
University of North Carolina, Charlotte . . (1)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro . . (1)
University of North Carolina, Pembroke . . (2)
University of Northern Iowa . . (3)
University of Notre Dame (Indiana) . . (1)
University of Portland (Oregon) . . (3)
University of Rochester (New York) . . (2)
University of Scranton (Pennsylvania) . . (1)
University of South Carolina, Columbia . . (2)
University of South Carolina, Upstate . . (1)
University of South Dakota . . (1)
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg . . (2)
University of South Florida, Tampa . . (1)
University of Southern Mississippi . . (1)
University of Texas, Dallas . . (3)
University of Texas, El Paso . . (3)
University of Toledo (Ohio) . . (1)
University of Utah . . (1)
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh . . (1)
University of Wisconsin, Superior . . (3)
Utah State University . . (3)
Utica College (New York) . . (1)
Valdosta State University (Georgia) . . (2)
Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) . . (1)
Villanova University (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
Virginia Military Institute . . (1)
Virginia Wesleyan College . . (2)
Viterbo College (Wisconsin) . . (1)
Washington State University . (3)
Weber State University (Utah) . . (1)
Wesleyan University (Connecticut) . . (1)
West Chester University of Pennsylvania . . (1)
West Lafayette Public Library (Indiana) . . (1)
West Virginia University . . (2)
Westchester Community College (New York) . . (3)
Western New England College (Massachusetts) . . (2)
Western Oregon University . . (2)
Westfield State College (Massachusetts) . . (1)
Westminster College (Pennsylvania) . . (1)
Wheeling Jesuit University (West Virginia) . . (1)
Wilkes University (Pennsylvania) . . (2)
Willamette University (Oregon) . . (1)
William Woods University (Missouri) . . (1)
Williamette University (Oregon) . . (1)
Winona State University (Minnesota) . . (2)
Wofford College (South Carolina) . . (1)
Worthington Public Library (Ohio) . . (1)
Wright State University (Ohio) . . (2)
Xavier University (Ohio) . . (1)
Youngstown State University (Ohio) . . (2)

See also Greg Frederickson's Ratings of Libraries Outside the US


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Last updated: June 13, 2012.