The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Harvey Mudd College 2 Claremont McKenna College 3 Wesleyan University 4 Occidental College 5 Trinity College 6 Scripps College 7 University of Chicago 8 Yale University 9 Stanford University 10 Pepperdine University 11 Pomona College 12 Colorado College 13 Amherst College 14 California Institute of Technology 15 Williams College 16 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 17 Tulane University of Louisiana 18 Columbia University in the City of New York 19 Mills College 20 Dartmouth College 21 Bowdoin College 22 Dominican University of California 23 Colby College 24 Southern California Institute of Architecture 25 Northwestern University 26 Chapman University 27 Carleton College 28 Tufts University 29 George Washington University 30 Brandeis University 31 Johns Hopkins University 32 San Francisco Art Institute 33 University of the Pacific 34 Vassar College 35 Whittier College 36 Saint Mary's College of California 37 Babson College 38 Macalester College 39 Rollins College 40 Washington University in St Louis 41 Oberlin College 42 Skidmore College 43 University of Southern California 44 Hamilton College 45 Westmont College 46 Emory University 47 Menlo College 48 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 49 Wellesley College 50 Fordham 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