| # | Info | Rank | Name | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INC | INC | Amherst College | Amherst |
| 2 | INC | INC | Belmont Abbey College | Belmont |
| 3 | INC | INC | Appalachian State University | Boone |
| 4 | INC | INC | Campbell University | Buies Creek |
| 5 | INC | INC | Harvard University | Cambridge |
| 6 | INC | INC | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge |
| 7 | INC | INC | Dickinson College | Carlisle |
| 8 | INC | C | UNC - Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill |
| 9 | INC | INC | Johnson & Wales University | Charlotte |
| 10 | INC | B | Queens University | Charlotte |
| 11 | INC | INC | UNC - Charlotte | Charlotte |
| 12 | INC | INC | Johnson C. Smith University | Charlotte |
| 13 | INC | INC | University of Chicago | Chicago |
| 14 | INC | INC | Hamilton College | Clinton |
| 15 | INC | C | Davidson College | Davidson |
| 16 | INC | B | Duke University | Durham |
| 17 | INC | INC | Elon University | Elon |
| 18 | INC | INC | UNC - Greensboro | Greensboro |
| 19 | INC | C | Guilford College | Greensboro |
| 20 | INC | INC | East Carolina University | Greenville |
| 21 | INC | INC | Dartmouth College | Hanover |
| 22 | INC | B | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Hickory |
| 23 | INC | F | High Point University | High Point |
| 24 | INC | INC | Cornell University | Ithaca |
| 25 | INC | INC | Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster |