The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Whitman College 2 Washington and Lee University 3 Reed College 4 Haverford College 5 Middlebury College 6 Bryn Mawr College 7 Kenyon College 8 Dickinson College 9 Webb Institute 10 Rhode Island School of Design 11 Bucknell University 12 Swarthmore College 13 Vassar College 14 Ursinus College 15 Hamilton College 16 University of Richmond 17 Oberlin College 18 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 19 University of Puget Sound 20 Lafayette College 21 Barnard College 22 Muhlenberg College 23 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 24 Skidmore College 25 Davidson College 26 Drew University 27 Williams College 28 Hampden-Sydney College 29 Carleton College 30 Colby College 31 Amherst College 32 Bowdoin College 33 Pratt Institute-Main 34 Saint Michael's College 35 Polytechnic Institute of New York University 36 Macalester College 37 The College of Wooster 38 Lewis & Clark College 39 Roanoke College 40 Cleveland Institute of Art 41 Susquehanna University 42 Ohio Wesleyan University 43 Wellesley College 44 Providence College 45 Randolph-Macon College 46 Allegheny College 47 Southern Methodist University 48 Willamette University 49 Randolph College 50 Wagner 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 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