The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Vassar College 2 Bucknell University 3 Trinity College 4 Oberlin College 5 Reed College 6 Carnegie Mellon University 7 Dickinson College 8 Columbia University in the City of New York 9 Williams College 10 Hamilton College 11 Wesleyan University 12 Kenyon College 13 Occidental College 14 Carleton College 15 Amherst College 16 George Washington University 17 Skidmore College 18 Harvey Mudd College 19 Brandeis University 20 Colby College 21 University of Richmond 22 Haverford College 23 Tulane University of Louisiana 24 Macalester College 25 Washington and Lee University 26 Middlebury College 27 Scripps College 28 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 29 Ursinus College 30 Barnard College 31 Bowdoin College 32 Tufts University 33 Swarthmore College 34 Claremont McKenna College 35 Lafayette College 36 Whitman College 37 Dartmouth College 38 University of Rochester 39 Drew University 40 Bryn Mawr College 41 University of Chicago 42 Pepperdine University 43 Colorado College 44 Pratt Institute-Main 45 Rhode Island School of Design 46 Villanova University 47 Brown University 48 Wellesley College 49 Muhlenberg College 50 Southern Methodist 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