The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Drexel University
2Marquette University
3Baylor University
4University of Vermont
5Fordham University
6Texas Christian University
7Boston University
8Seattle University
9University of Puget Sound
10University of Rhode Island
11Seattle Pacific University
12Northern Arizona University
13Lynchburg College
14Southern Methodist University
15Mary Baldwin College
16Houston Baptist University
17Roanoke College
18Abilene Christian University
19University of Richmond
20Arcadia University
21Alderson Broaddus University
22University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
23Saint Michael's College
24Bridgewater College
25Pacific Lutheran University
26Northeastern University
27Whitman College
28Providence College
29Syracuse University
30Case Western Reserve University
31Virginia State University
32Xavier University
33West Virginia Wesleyan College
34Randolph-Macon College
35Ferrum College
36Vanderbilt University
37Champlain College
38Willamette University
39Wheeling Jesuit University
40College of William and Mary
41Villanova University
42Averett University
43Campbell University
44Mount Mary University
45Washington and Lee University
46York College Pennsylvania
47Randolph College
48Middlebury College
49Silver Lake College of the Holy Family
50University of Dayton
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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)975
2Admissions total (IC2013)898
3Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)792
4SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)479
5Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)465
6First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)427
7Secondary (high school) (IC2013)425
8Enrolled full time women (IC2013)371
9Fips County code (HD2013)311
10Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)293
11First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C All first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates total)274
12Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)253
13Grand total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)245
14Institution has hospital (HD2013)235
15First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C All first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates total)234
16SAT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)217
17Total women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)161
18Applicants women (IC2013)161
19Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)148
20First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)140
21Academic (IC2013)119
22Continuing professional (IC2013)116
23Total entering students at the undergraduate level fall 2013 (EF2013D)84