The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2 The University of Texas at Austin 3 Carnegie Mellon University 4 New York University 5 Cornell University 6 Michigan State University 7 George Washington University 8 University of Pennsylvania 9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 Texas A & M University-College Station 11 University of Southern California 12 Bucknell University 13 Trinity College 14 Harvey Mudd College 15 Columbia University in the City of New York 16 Occidental College 17 Wesleyan University 18 Williams College 19 Indiana University-Bloomington 20 Dickinson College 21 Oberlin College 22 Colby College 23 Syracuse University 24 Brandeis University 25 Carleton College 26 Dartmouth College 27 Vassar College 28 University of Chicago 29 Hamilton College 30 Reed College 31 Amherst College 32 Tufts University 33 Claremont McKenna College 34 University of Florida 35 University of Virginia-Main Campus 36 Scripps College 37 Lafayette College 38 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 39 Emory University 40 Skidmore College 41 Bowdoin College 42 University of Rochester 43 Kenyon College 44 Chapman University 45 Southern Methodist University 46 Tulane University of Louisiana 47 Haverford College 48 Villanova University 49 Ursinus College 50 Pepperdine 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