The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1University of Southern California
2New York University
3Cornell University
4Boston University
5Columbia University in the City of New York
6University of Pennsylvania
7Northeastern University
8Carnegie Mellon University
9University of Chicago
10Northwestern University
11George Washington University
12Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
13Stanford University
14Boston College
15Drexel University
16Duke University
17Syracuse University
18University of Miami
19Yale University
20Johns Hopkins University
21Fordham University
22Washington University in St Louis
23Dartmouth College
24Brown University
25University of Rochester
26Tulane University of Louisiana
27Tufts University
28Massachusetts Institute of Technology
29Vanderbilt University
30Wesleyan University
31Villanova University
32Emory University
33Bucknell University
34Harvard University
35Oberlin College
36Trinity College
37Vassar College
38Brandeis University
39Southern Methodist University
40Occidental College
41Williams College
42Amherst College
43Chapman University
44Harvey Mudd College
45Case Western Reserve University
46Carleton College
47Skidmore College
48Hamilton College
49Princeton University
50Pepperdine 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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)881
2ACT Composite 25th percentile score (IC2013)849
3Recreational or avocational (IC2013)843
4Enrolled part time men (IC2013)778
5Open admission policy (IC2013)732
6Enrolled women (IC2013)730
7Occupational (IC2013)680
8Books and supplies 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)636
9Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores (IC2013)633
10Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)575
11Enrolled full time men (IC2013)540
12Full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)524
13Academic (IC2013)475
14Total men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)474
15Part time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)421
16Part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)386
17First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Outlying areas total)380
18Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)376
19Full time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)363
20Published in-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)355
21Grand total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)353
22Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)298
23Applicants men (IC2013)270
24SAT Critical Reading 75th percentile score (IC2013)250
25ACT English 25th percentile score (IC2013)217
26Full time men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)209
27First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)208
28Enrolled men (IC2013)207
29Enrolled total (IC2013)183
30Continuing professional (IC2013)163
31Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores (IC2013)154
32On campus room and board 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)143
33Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)122
34Institution has hospital (HD2013)85