The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 University of Richmond 2 Washington and Lee University 3 Middlebury College 4 Brown University 5 Columbia University in the City of New York 6 Whitman College 7 Bucknell University 8 Vassar College 9 Dickinson College 10 Carnegie Mellon University 11 University of Puget Sound 12 Reed College 13 Vanderbilt University 14 Oberlin College 15 Haverford College 16 Swarthmore College 17 Kenyon College 18 Ursinus College 19 Southern Methodist University 20 Skidmore College 21 University of Pennsylvania 22 Duke University 23 Bryn Mawr College 24 Dartmouth College 25 Lafayette College 26 Hamilton College 27 Rhode Island School of Design 28 Providence College 29 Barnard College 30 Muhlenberg College 31 Villanova University 32 Willamette University 33 Saint Michael's College 34 Lewis & Clark College 35 University of Rochester 36 Fordham University 37 The College of Wooster 38 Davidson College 39 Drew University 40 Pratt Institute-Main 41 Tufts University 42 Carleton College 43 Rice University 44 Macalester College 45 Amherst College 46 Williams College 47 Cornell University 48 Seattle University 49 Roanoke College 50 Webb Institute

Please note that unlike most other college ranking methods out there, our ranking is based solely on objective, measurable data, such as student test scores and the like. There are no subjective factors considered at all. The main factors used in the ranking, as well as their weights in the ranking formula, are given below It is also our goal to give you the college ranking that is most appropriate for you. Hence, if you do not like this ranking, just refresh the page until you do. As noted above, every single ranking given by this page is purely objective and therefore can be relied upon to give accurate results.

Key Ranking Factors