The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Whitman College
2Bryn Mawr College
3Reed College
4Haverford College
5Webb Institute
6Middlebury College
7University of Puget Sound
8Vassar College
9Washington and Lee University
10Kenyon College
11Rhode Island School of Design
12Barnard College
13University of Richmond
14Randolph College
15Dickinson College
16Yeshiva University
17Ursinus College
18Hampden-Sydney College
19Hamilton College
20Swarthmore College
21Pacific Lutheran University
22Roanoke College
23University of Dallas
24Saint Michael's College
25Oberlin College
26Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
27Davidson College
28Saint Martin's University
29Randolph-Macon College
30DigiPen Institute of Technology
31Susquehanna University
32Muhlenberg College
33Polytechnic Institute of New York University
34Sewanee-The University of the South
35Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
36Linfield College-McMinnville Campus
37Drew University
38Austin College
39Bucknell University
40Lafayette College
41Cleveland Institute of Art
42Eastern Mennonite University
43Wellesley College
44Wofford College
45Lycoming College
46Wheeling Jesuit University
47Northwest University
48Allegheny College
49Emory & Henry College
50Walla Walla 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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Enrolled full time total (IC2013)985
2Full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate (current year GRS cohort) (EF2013D)984
3Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)970
4SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)565
5Degree of urbanization (Urban-centric locale) (HD2013)549
6Full time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)435
7Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus exclusions))430
8ACT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)376
9ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)368
10Admissions men (IC2013)309
11Part time men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)274
12SAT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)265
13Secondary (high school) (IC2013)262
14SAT Critical Reading 75th percentile score (IC2013)235
15Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)226
16Academic (IC2013)224
17Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)200
18Enrolled women (IC2013)191
19Continuing professional (IC2013)183
20Full time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)162
21Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)134
22Grand total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)126
23Enrolled total (IC2013)117
24Full time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)116
25Fips County code (HD2013)100
26Enrolled full time women (IC2013)99