The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 University of Southern California 2 George Washington University 3 Trinity College 4 Occidental College 5 Wesleyan University 6 Chapman University 7 Pepperdine University 8 Harvey Mudd College 9 University of Miami 10 Colorado College 11 Claremont McKenna College 12 Emory University 13 Scripps College 14 Stanford University 15 University of Denver 16 Loyola Marymount University 17 Pomona College 18 Boston University 19 Southern California Institute of Architecture 20 University of San Francisco 21 Yale University 22 University of Chicago 23 Northwestern University 24 Mills College 25 California Institute of Technology 26 Whittier College 27 University of the Pacific 28 New York University 29 Saint Mary's College of California 30 Dominican University of California 31 Boston College 32 Tulane University of Louisiana 33 American University 34 Tufts University 35 Rollins College 36 Quinnipiac University 37 Westmont College 38 Colby College 39 Williams College 40 Brandeis University 41 Earlham College 42 Amherst College 43 Johns Hopkins University 44 Illinois Institute of Technology 45 Bowdoin College 46 Cornell University 47 San Francisco Art Institute 48 Carleton College 49 DePauw University 50 Menlo 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