The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Harvey Mudd College
2Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
3Reed College
4Trinity College
5Occidental College
6Haverford College
7Scripps College
8Hamilton College
9Kenyon College
10Vassar College
11Claremont McKenna College
12Amherst College
13Colby College
14Webb Institute
15Oberlin College
16Ursinus College
17Drew University
18Williams College
19Dickinson College
20Carleton College
21Macalester College
22Bucknell University
23Bowdoin College
24Wesleyan University
25Babson College
26Whitman College
27Bryn Mawr College
28Lafayette College
29Colorado College
30Swarthmore College
31Skidmore College
32Washington and Lee University
33Polytechnic Institute of New York University
34Earlham College
35Brandeis University
36Middlebury College
37Davidson College
38University of Richmond
39California Institute of Technology
40Mills College
41Rhode Island School of Design
42Pomona College
43Washington College
44Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
45Carnegie Mellon University
46Pepperdine University
47The College of Wooster
48Muhlenberg College
49University of Puget Sound
50Pratt Institute-Main
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
1Continuing professional (IC2013)945
2ACT English 75th percentile score (IC2013)938
3First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)919
4ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)877
5Published in-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)708
6Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)691
7Admissions total (IC2013)680
8Current year GRS cohort as a percent of entering class (EF2013D)671
9First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Foreign countries)598
10Enrolled full time men (IC2013)563
11Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)511
12Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)408
13Published out-of-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)255
14Part time men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)202
15Adult basic remedial or high school equivalent (IC2013)178
16Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)171
17Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)157
18SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)148
19Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)118
20Open admission policy (IC2013)114
21Total women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)104
22ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)101
23Full-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)90