The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 New York University 2 Cornell University 3 University of Southern California 4 Boston University 5 Columbia University in the City of New York 6 University of Pennsylvania 7 Northeastern University 8 Fordham University 9 Brown University 10 Syracuse University 11 Duke University 12 Vanderbilt University 13 University of Chicago 14 Carnegie Mellon University 15 Baylor University 16 Stanford University 17 Washington University in St Louis 18 Tulane University of Louisiana 19 Dartmouth College 20 Drexel University 21 Northwestern University 22 George Washington University 23 Boston College 24 Yale University 25 University of Miami 26 Tufts University 27 Southern Methodist University 28 Princeton University 29 University of Rochester 30 Johns Hopkins University 31 Bucknell University 32 Villanova University 33 Texas Christian University 34 University of Richmond 35 Marquette University 36 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 37 Harvard University 38 Case Western Reserve University 39 Oberlin College 40 Middlebury College 41 Emory University 42 Vassar College 43 Washington and Lee University 44 Skidmore College 45 Dickinson College 46 Providence College 47 Brandeis University 48 Rice University 49 Lafayette College 50 Barnard College

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