The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Harvey Mudd College
2Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
3Southern New Hampshire University
4Webb Institute
5Reed College
6Haverford College
7Scripps College
8Hamilton College
9Kenyon College
10Illinois Institute of Technology
11Earlham College
12Drew University
13Babson College
14Polytechnic Institute of New York University
15Ursinus College
16Claremont McKenna College
17San Francisco Art Institute
18Colby College
19Whitman College
20Bryn Mawr College
21Trinity College
22Mills College
23California Institute of Technology
24LIU Post
25Occidental College
26Saint Johns University
27Oberlin College
28Dominican University of California
29Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
30Amherst College
31St Olaf College
32Davidson College
33Hampden-Sydney College
34Vassar College
35Macalester College
36Williams College
37Kalamazoo College
38Colorado College
39Dickinson College
40Ohio Wesleyan University
41Yeshiva University
42Carleton College
43Rhode Island School of Design
44Bentley University
45Lafayette College
46Westmont College
47Bowdoin College
48Bucknell University
49Cleveland Institute of Art
50Susquehanna 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 part time total (IC2013)983
2ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)949
3Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)858
4Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)841
5First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)748
6Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus exclusions))693
7Full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)651
8Part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)636
9Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)621
10Total women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)536
11Current year GRS cohort as a percent of entering class (EF2013D)487
12ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)463
13Total entering students at the undergraduate level fall 2013 (EF2013D)306
14Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)302
15Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)276
16Part time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)268
17Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)235
18Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)228
19Enrolled women (IC2013)203
20Enrolled total (IC2013)198
21Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)182
22Published out-of-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)181
23Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)160
24Grand total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)153
25Part time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)100
26Admissions men (IC2013)98