The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
2Webb Institute
3Scripps College
4Haverford College
5Reed College
6Bryn Mawr College
7Harvey Mudd College
8Drew University
9Ursinus College
10Whitman College
11Kenyon College
12Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
13Polytechnic Institute of New York University
14Dickinson College
15Barnard College
16Hamilton College
17Rhode Island School of Design
18Claremont McKenna College
19Occidental College
20San Francisco Art Institute
21Swarthmore College
22Vassar College
23Colby College
24Mills College
25University of Puget Sound
26Oberlin College
27Lafayette College
28Trinity College
29Williams College
30Carleton College
31Skidmore College
32Dominican University of California
33Davidson College
34Cleveland Institute of Art
35Wellesley College
36Ohio Wesleyan University
37Hampden-Sydney College
38Bowdoin College
39Clarkson University
40Amherst College
41Washington and Lee University
42Maryland Institute College of Art
43Lewis & Clark College
44Earlham College
45Wagner College
46Babson College
47Pomona College
48Wells College
49School of the Art Institute of Chicago
50Macalester 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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Enrolled part time women (IC2013)995
2First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Outlying areas total)950
3Enrolled part time men (IC2013)737
4Applicants women (IC2013)729
5Student-to-faculty ratio (EF2013D)663
6Admissions total (IC2013)619
7Admissions men (IC2013)610
8SAT Critical Reading 75th percentile score (IC2013)599
9Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)541
10Full time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)474
11Enrolled part time total (IC2013)460
12ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)440
13On campus room and board 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)436
14First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)413
15First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C All first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates total)408
16Part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)390
17Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)284
18Total entering students at the undergraduate level fall 2013 (EF2013D)280
19SAT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)260
20Enrolled full time total (IC2013)201
21Published out-of-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)198
22Part time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)164
23Enrolled full time women (IC2013)156
24First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Foreign countries)139
25Continuing professional (IC2013)128
26Percent indicator of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities (IC2013)118
27Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)113
28Part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)101
29Tribal college (HD2013)100
30ACT Composite 75th percentile score (IC2013)100
31Revised bachelor's degree-seeking cohort (cohort year 2005) (GR200_13)99