The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Haverford College 2 Middlebury College 3 Swarthmore College 4 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 5 Washington and Lee University 6 Whitman College 7 Bryn Mawr College 8 Webb Institute 9 New York School of Interior Design 10 Reed College 11 Hampden-Sydney College 12 Lafayette College 13 Rhode Island School of Design 14 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 15 Vanderbilt University 16 University of Richmond 17 Dartmouth College 18 Rice University 19 Oberlin College 20 Brown University 21 Columbia University in the City of New York 22 Barnard College 23 Dickinson College 24 Hamilton College 25 Kenyon College 26 Bucknell University 27 Ursinus College 28 Vassar College 29 Randolph College 30 Carnegie Mellon University 31 University of Puget Sound 32 Davidson College 33 Polytechnic Institute of New York University 34 Skidmore College 35 Cleveland Institute of Art 36 Roanoke College 37 Duke University 38 Princeton University 39 Amherst College 40 Randolph-Macon College 41 Babson College 42 Harvard University 43 Williams College 44 Austin College 45 Southern Methodist University 46 Carleton College 47 Champlain College 48 Drew University 49 University of the Sciences 50 Saint Michael's 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