Top Ranked Universities in the Big Ten Conference

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Top Ranked Universities in the Big Ten Conference - Highest Overall School Score

Rank			Highest Overall School Score
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	Northwestern University	96.72	97.16 (↓0.4%)
2 ↑	4	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	96.12	95.11 (↑1.1%)
3 ↓	2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	95.67	95.84 (↓0.2%)
4 ↓	3	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	95.02	95.48 (↓0.5%)
5	5	Purdue University-Main Campus	94.56	94.29 (↑0.3%)
6	6	Indiana University-Bloomington	94.40	94.22 (↑0.2%)
7 ↑	8	University of Maryland-College Park	94.18	94.99 (↓0.9%)
8	8	Michigan State University	93.98	93.35 (↑0.7%)
9 ↓	7	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	93.46	No Change
10 ↓	9	University of Wisconsin-Madison	92.89	93.23 (↓0.4%)
11 ↓	10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	92.09	92.74 (↓0.7%)
12 ↓	2	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	90.72	No Change
13 ↓	12	Ohio State University-Main Campus	89.38	90.07 (↓0.8%)
14 ↓	11	University of Iowa	89.06	91.00 (↓2.1%)

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