The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Harvey Mudd College 2 Occidental College 3 Trinity College 4 Scripps College 5 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 6 Claremont McKenna College 7 Amherst College 8 Reed College 9 Wesleyan University 10 Williams College 11 Colby College 12 Haverford College 13 Carleton College 14 Hamilton College 15 Vassar College 16 Macalester College 17 Kenyon College 18 Bowdoin College 19 Oberlin College 20 Colorado College 21 Drew University 22 California Institute of Technology 23 Webb Institute 24 Dickinson College 25 Ursinus College 26 Babson College 27 Pomona College 28 Bucknell University 29 Mills College 30 Brandeis University 31 Skidmore College 32 Pepperdine University 33 Bryn Mawr College 34 Lafayette College 35 Carnegie Mellon University 36 Swarthmore College 37 Dominican University of California 38 Earlham College 39 Washington and Lee University 40 Whittier College 41 Whitman College 42 Rollins College 43 Wellesley College 44 Washington College 45 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 46 Middlebury College 47 Davidson College 48 Barnard College 49 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 50 Willamette 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