The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1University of California-Los Angeles
2University of California-San Diego
3University of California-Berkeley
4University of California-Irvine
5University of California-Davis
6University of California-Santa Barbara
7Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
8Boston University
9Northeastern University
10University of Southern California
11New York University
12University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
13University of California-Santa Cruz
14University of Washington-Seattle Campus
15University of California-Riverside
16Harvard University
17Northwestern University
18Stanford University
19Cornell University
20The University of Texas at Austin
21Drexel University
22University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
23Columbia University in the City of New York
24Duke University
25Fordham University
26Boston College
27Tulane University of Louisiana
28University of Central Florida
29Indiana University-Bloomington
30University of Chicago
31Vanderbilt University
32Northern Arizona University
33University of Miami
34Ohio State University-Main Campus
35University of Pennsylvania
36Washington University in St Louis
37Johns Hopkins University
38Yale University
39Brown University
40University of Virginia-Main Campus
41Michigan State University
42American University
43George Washington University
44Stony Brook University
45Dartmouth College
46Syracuse University
47University of Rochester
48University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
49Princeton University
50Baylor 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

RankData FieldWeight
1ACT Composite 75th percentile score (IC2013)818
2Full time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)740
3Degree of urbanization (Urban-centric locale) (HD2013)681
4SAT Writing 75th percentile score (IC2013)653
5SAT Critical Reading 75th percentile score (IC2013)648
6Full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)636
7Total entering students at the undergraduate level fall 2013 (EF2013D)548
8Enrolled full time women (IC2013)466
9Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)426
10Admissions total (IC2013)417
11Enrolled part time men (IC2013)402
12Applicants total (IC2013)395
13Total men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)328
14Part time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)324
15ACT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)304
16Published out-of-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)302
17SAT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)294
18Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)262
19Total women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)258
20First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C US total)222
21Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)219
22SAT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)203
23SAT Critical Reading 25th percentile score (IC2013)189
24ACT English 25th percentile score (IC2013)179
25Part time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)174
26Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)159
27Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)150
28Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)130
29Full time men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)128
30Admissions women (IC2013)117
31Admission test scores (IC2013)109
32Secondary (high school) (IC2013)108
33Current year GRS cohort as a percent of entering class (EF2013D)103
34ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)93