The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Scripps College 2 Harvey Mudd College 3 Occidental College 4 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 5 Trinity College 6 Claremont McKenna College 7 Reed College 8 Vassar College 9 Wesleyan University 10 Mills College 11 Colby College 12 Colorado College 13 Williams College 14 Kenyon College 15 Hamilton College 16 Amherst College 17 Webb Institute 18 Carleton College 19 Haverford College 20 Macalester College 21 Dominican University of California 22 Bowdoin College 23 Earlham College 24 Pomona College 25 Drew University 26 Pepperdine University 27 Wellesley College 28 Oberlin College 29 Dickinson College 30 Bryn Mawr College 31 Barnard College 32 Ursinus College 33 San Francisco Art Institute 34 Southern California Institute of Architecture 35 Rollins College 36 Whittier College 37 Skidmore College 38 Brandeis University 39 Bucknell University 40 California Institute of Technology 41 Illinois Institute of Technology 42 Maryland Institute College of Art 43 Babson College 44 Whitman College 45 Westmont College 46 Swarthmore College 47 Pratt Institute-Main 48 Rhode Island School of Design 49 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 50 Davidson 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