下面是由USNews发布的2011年美国大学排名中关于本科生科研/创意Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects的排名。USNews美国大学排名中的这份排名是指独立的或小组的，可以在教师的帮助下，完成的，在校内外提交的成果或是创造性的工作。
Independently or in small teams, and mentored by a faculty member, students do intensive and self-directed research or creative work that results in an original scholarly paper or other product that can be formally presented on or off campus.
| School |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
| Carleton College Northfield, MN |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
| College of Wooster Wooster, OH |
| Connecticut College New London, CT |
| DePauw University Greencastle, IN |
| Drake University Des Moines, IA |
| Duke University Durham, NC |
| Elon University Elon, NC |
| Furman University Greenville, SC |
| Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
| Grinnell College Grinnell, IA |
| Hamilton College Clinton, NY |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
| Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA |
| Hope College Holland, MI |
| Macalester College St. Paul, MN |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH |
| Occidental College Los Angeles, CA |
| Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH |
| Pomona College Claremont, CA |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA |
| Stony Brook--SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
| Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA |
| Truman State University Kirksville, MO |
| University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE |
| University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
| University of North Carolina--Asheville Asheville, NC |
| University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
| University of Richmond Univ. of Richmond, VA |
| University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
| Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
| Yale University New Haven, CT |