The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Virginia Military Institute
2Citadel Military College of South Carolina
3Lyndon State College
4Alderson Broaddus University
5Castleton State College
6Ohio Valley University
7Bluefield State College
8Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary
9Maranatha Baptist University
10Johnson State College
11Silver Lake College of the Holy Family
12West Virginia Wesleyan College
13Paul Quinn College
14The University of Virginia's College at Wise
15Mount Mary University
16West Virginia State University
17College of St Joseph
18Concord University
19Averett University
20West Liberty University
21Vermont Technical College
22Southern Virginia University
23Dallas Christian College
24Texas A & M University-Texarkana
25Sul Ross State University
26Southern Vermont College
27Emory & Henry College
28University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
29Tennessee Temple University
30Spartanburg Methodist College
31University of Mary Washington
32Jefferson College of Health Sciences
33Watkins College of Art Design & Film
34Wheeling Jesuit University
35Hampden-Sydney College
36Presentation College
37University of Vermont
38Fisk University
39Ferrum College
40Johnson University
41Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny
42Randolph-Macon College
43DigiPen Institute of Technology
44Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton
45Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver
46Eastern Mennonite University
47Randolph College
48Schreiner University
49Lane College
50University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
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
1Admissions men (IC2013)964
2Admission test scores (IC2013)945
3Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)893
4Part time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)880
5ACT English 25th percentile score (IC2013)737
6Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)728
7Enrolled part time men (IC2013)570
8Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)486
9First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C All first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates total)458
10ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)456
11First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)400
12First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C US total)283
13 267
14SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)221
15Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)165
16Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)160
17Fips County code (HD2013)151
18Books and supplies 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)142
19Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)128
20Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)118
21Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)116
22SAT Critical Reading 25th percentile score (IC2013)111
23Tribal college (HD2013)102
24Full time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)84