The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Whitman College
2Washington and Lee University
3Reed College
4Haverford College
5Middlebury College
6Bryn Mawr College
7Kenyon College
8Dickinson College
9Webb Institute
10Rhode Island School of Design
11Bucknell University
12Swarthmore College
13Vassar College
14Ursinus College
15Hamilton College
16University of Richmond
17Oberlin College
18Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
19University of Puget Sound
20Lafayette College
21Barnard College
22Muhlenberg College
23Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
24Skidmore College
25Davidson College
26Drew University
27Williams College
28Hampden-Sydney College
29Carleton College
30Colby College
31Amherst College
32Bowdoin College
33Pratt Institute-Main
34Saint Michael's College
35Polytechnic Institute of New York University
36Macalester College
37The College of Wooster
38Lewis & Clark College
39Roanoke College
40Cleveland Institute of Art
41Susquehanna University
42Ohio Wesleyan University
43Wellesley College
44Providence College
45Randolph-Macon College
46Allegheny College
47Southern Methodist University
48Willamette University
49Randolph College
50Wagner College
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
1Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)949
2TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language (IC2013)923
3Enrolled part time women (IC2013)905
4ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)883
5Total men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)866
6First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C US total)859
7Admission test scores (IC2013)740
8Enrolled total (IC2013)686
9SAT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)633
10Part time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)574
11First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Foreign countries)498
12Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)430
13Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)414
14Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)360
15First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)319
16Part time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)306
17Fips County code (HD2013)285
18ACT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)273
19Full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate (current year GRS cohort) (EF2013D)218
20First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C US total)183
21Student-to-faculty ratio (EF2013D)181
22Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)174
23Occupational (IC2013)151
24Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)146
25Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)142
26Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)130
27Part time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)125
28Revised bachelor's degree-seeking cohort (cohort year 2005) (GR200_13)109
29Secondary (high school) (IC2013)108
30Enrolled full time men (IC2013)91