Calif, Mass, Pa, Ill, Ohio, Va, Texas, NC and Minn follow

AUSTIN, Texas. (August 26, 2010) — New York state has been named the Top State for Top Colleges followed by California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois.  Ohio, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina and Minnesota rounded out the Top Ten.  The list was assembled by the Global Language Monitor in its twice yearly TrendTopper Media Buzz analysis of the nation’s Top 300 Colleges and Universities.

“The TrendTopper MediaBuzz Rankings is a democratic, self-generating ratings system, since it captures the brand equity associated with each of these fine institutions.  We survey social media such as Twitter, as well as the Internet, blogosphere, and the global print and electronic media.” said Paul JJ Payack, the president of Global Language Monitor.  “As such, we remove the biases inherently built into each of the other published rankings.  For example, US News recently announced that it has changed a key component to their rankings thereby lowering the value of year-by-year comparisons.”

The Top Ten States with the Most Top Colleges are listed below.  Listings include Ranking, the number of top schools in parentheses, the Top University and College, National Best of Class Institutions and Top Surprises for each state.

Asterisks (*) indicate National Best-in-Class

State Rank
No. 1	New York (44)
Top College	Vassar College
Top University	Columbia University
Top  Academy	United States Military Academy *
Top Music School	Juilliard School *
Top Design School	Pratt Institute *
Top Surprise	NY as the No. 1 State
No. 2	California (29)
Top College	Pomona College
Top University	University of California—Los Angeles
Top Surprise	Stanford & UC San Diego top Berkeley
No. 3	Massachusetts (25)
Top University	Harvard University
Top College	Williams College
Top Business College	Babson College *
Top Engineering School	Massachusetts Institute of Technology *
Top Catholic School	College of the Holy Cross *
Top Surprise	Amherst falls out of Top 10
No. 4	Pennsylvania (22)
Top University	Pennsylvania State University
Top College	Bucknell University
Top Surprise	Penn State over U of Pennsylvania
No. 5	Illinois (13)
Top University	University of Chicago
Top College	Wheaton College
Top Christian College	Wheaton College *
Top Surprise	Northwestern University at No. 39
No. 6	Ohio (11)
Top University	Ohio State University—Columbus
Top College	Kenyon College
Top  Surprise	Oberlin College Slips
No. 7	Virginia (10)
Top College	University of Richmond
Top University	Virginia Tech
Top Surprise	VT over UVA
No. 8	Texas (10)
Top University	University of Texas—Austin
Top College	Austin College
Top Surprise	UT breaks into the Top Ten
No. 9	North Carolina (8)
Top  University	Duke University
Top College	Davidson College
Top Surprise	UNC falls out of Top Ten
No. 10	Minnesota (8)
Top College	Carleton College *
Top University	University of Minnesota
Top Surprise	Capella now No. 2 Internet School

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The complete listings of all the states can be found here.

The Global Language Monitor publishes the TrendTopper Media Buzz College and University Rankings.  twice a year, with spring and fall editions.  Many institutions of higher education, including Harvard, Boston College, and Vanderbilt have used the rankings as a validation of their recent reputation management decisions.