The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Harvey Mudd College 2 Occidental College 3 Scripps College 4 Trinity College 5 Claremont McKenna College 6 Wesleyan University 7 Colorado College 8 Pepperdine University 9 George Washington University 10 Mills College 11 Chapman University 12 Pomona College 13 Colby College 14 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 15 Williams College 16 Dominican University of California 17 Southern California Institute of Architecture 18 Amherst College 19 California Institute of Technology 20 Whittier College 21 Bowdoin College 22 Carleton College 23 Rollins College 24 Vassar College 25 Earlham College 26 Macalester College 27 Saint Mary's College of California 28 Brandeis University 29 Illinois Institute of Technology 30 Emory University 31 Loyola Marymount University 32 San Francisco Art Institute 33 Westmont College 34 Hamilton College 35 Wellesley College 36 Reed College 37 Oberlin College 38 Babson College 39 Kenyon College 40 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 41 Bucknell University 42 Lake Forest College 43 DePauw University 44 Drew University 45 St Olaf College 46 Dickinson College 47 Maryland Institute College of Art 48 Skidmore College 49 Tufts University 50 University of San Francisco

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