The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Washington and Lee University 2 University of Richmond 3 Whitman College 4 Bucknell University 5 Middlebury College 6 Reed College 7 Vassar College 8 Dickinson College 9 University of Puget Sound 10 Kenyon College 11 Ursinus College 12 Oberlin College 13 Carnegie Mellon University 14 Haverford College 15 Hamilton College 16 Muhlenberg College 17 Swarthmore College 18 Rhode Island School of Design 19 Lafayette College 20 Bryn Mawr College 21 Skidmore College 22 Saint Michael's College 23 Willamette University 24 Drew University 25 Providence College 26 Macalester College 27 The College of Wooster 28 Lewis & Clark College 29 Barnard College 30 Southern Methodist University 31 Pratt Institute-Main 32 Carleton College 33 Villanova University 34 Davidson College 35 Williams College 36 Webb Institute 37 Brown University 38 Amherst College 39 Columbia University in the City of New York 40 Hampden-Sydney College 41 Allegheny College 42 Colby College 43 Ohio Wesleyan University 44 Susquehanna University 45 Roanoke College 46 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 47 Seattle University 48 University of Rochester 49 Bowdoin College 50 Brandeis 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