The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Boston University 2 New York University 3 Brown University 4 Vanderbilt University 5 Columbia University in the City of New York 6 University of Richmond 7 Vassar College 8 Fordham University 9 Middlebury College 10 Barnard College 11 Duke University 12 Oberlin College 13 Boston College 14 Tulane University of Louisiana 15 Dickinson College 16 Washington and Lee University 17 Villanova University 18 Southern Methodist University 19 Bucknell University 20 Skidmore College 21 Whitman College 22 Northeastern University 23 Kenyon College 24 Bryn Mawr College 25 Reed College 26 Tufts University 27 University of Pennsylvania 28 Dartmouth College 29 University of Rochester 30 Haverford College 31 Swarthmore College 32 Hamilton College 33 Providence College 34 University of Puget Sound 35 Ursinus College 36 Rhode Island School of Design 37 George Washington University 38 Pratt Institute-Main 39 Carnegie Mellon University 40 University of Chicago 41 Lafayette College 42 Wellesley College 43 Baylor University 44 Cornell University 45 Northwestern University 46 Macalester College 47 Muhlenberg College 48 Brandeis University 49 Washington University in St Louis 50 Willamette University

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