The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Haverford College
2Bryn Mawr College
3Barnard College
4Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
5Reed College
6Webb Institute
7Rhode Island School of Design
8Whitman College
9Swarthmore College
10Washington and Lee University
11Kenyon College
12Oberlin College
13Middlebury College
14Hamilton College
15Vassar College
16Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
17Dickinson College
18Harvey Mudd College
19Bucknell University
20Amherst College
21Wellesley College
22Scripps College
23Williams College
24Lafayette College
25Ursinus College
26Skidmore College
27Carleton College
28Drew University
29Davidson College
30University of Richmond
31Bowdoin College
32Colby College
33Claremont McKenna College
34Pratt Institute-Main
35Babson College
36Macalester College
37Muhlenberg College
38University of Puget Sound
39Cleveland Institute of Art
40Trinity College
41Occidental College
42Dartmouth College
43Wesleyan University
44Brandeis University
45Ohio Wesleyan University
46Maryland Institute College of Art
47Hampden-Sydney College
48Polytechnic Institute of New York University
49Pomona College
50Mills 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
1TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language (IC2013)989
2Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)771
3Published in-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)641
4Part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)618
5Student-to-faculty ratio (EF2013D)595
6First-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)573
7Books and supplies 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)486
8Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)464
9Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)449
10Institution grants a medical degree (HD2013)365
11On campus room and board 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)360
12Enrolled part time total (IC2013)342
13Full time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)327
14Part time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)326
15Current year GRS cohort as a percent of entering class (EF2013D)303
16ACT English 75th percentile score (IC2013)277
17Full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate (current year GRS cohort) (EF2013D)243
18ACT Composite 25th percentile score (IC2013)226
19Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)223
20Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)215
21Part time men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)213
22Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)202
23Total men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)185
24Enrolled full time men (IC2013)180
25SAT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)133
26Enrolled women (IC2013)122
27Tribal college (HD2013)116
28Fips County code (HD2013)110
29Enrolled part time women (IC2013)108
30Grand total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)105
31Part time men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)104
32Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)102
33SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)93