The Higher Ed Benchmark for AI Search
Search 1,494 Schools
| Main institution & schools | AI Index Score (AIS) | National rank | State rank | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | #1 | #1 | Massachusetts | |
| 97.7 | #2 | #1 | California | |
| 96.5 | #3 | #1 | Michigan | |
| 96.2 | #4 | #2 | Massachusetts | |
| 96.2 | #5 | #1 | Pennsylvania | |
| 96.1 | #6 | #2 | California | |
| 94.1 | #7 | #1 | Maryland | |
| 93.8 | #8 | #2 | Pennsylvania | |
| 92.8 | #9 | #3 | California | |
| 91.6 | #10 | #1 | Texas | |
| 91.5 | #11 | #1 | Georgia | |
| 91.3 | #12 | #1 | Washington | |
| 91.2 | #13 | #1 | New York | |
| 90.8 | #14 | #1 | Illinois | |
| 90.8 | #15 | #2 | New York | |
| 90.8 | #16 | #1 | Indiana | |
| 90.7 | #17 | #2 | Illinois | |
| 89.7 | #18 | #3 | New York | |
| 89.4 | #19 | #1 | North Carolina | |
| 89.1 | #20 | #1 | New Jersey | |
| 88.9 | #21 | #2 | North Carolina | |
| 88.1 | #22 | #1 | District of Columbia | |
| 88 | #23 | #1 | Wisconsin | |
| 87.7 | #24 | #1 | Connecticut | |
| 87.5 | #25 | #1 | Arizona |
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Methodology Overview
We built a corpus of 200,000 student prompts across 100+ programs (undergraduate and graduate) and run them against live AI in all 50 states.
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The Prompts Dataset
Our prompt database has been curated from three sources: survey data from our own State of College Search studies, Ahrefs keyword database and Reddit.
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How we collect the data
We extract what major AI Search platforms show to students when they search for college-related prompts across three decision-making tiers.
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What we measure?
What schools does AI recommend, what does it talk about those schools, what programs, how often, what influences AI answers and what is the sentiment.
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How we Rank Results
We measure results in specific metrics such as mentions, citations, topics, programs and our proprietary AI Index Score (AIS).
