The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 Reed College 2 Earlham College 3 Ursinus College 4 Washington and Lee University 5 Kenyon College 6 Vassar College 7 Whitman College 8 Macalester College 9 Hamilton College 10 Bucknell University 11 Dickinson College 12 Colby College 13 Southern California Institute of Architecture 14 Carleton College 15 Williams College 16 Trinity College 17 Amherst College 18 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 19 Colorado College 20 Haverford College 21 Drew University 22 Kalamazoo College 23 Muhlenberg College 24 University of Richmond 25 Webb Institute 26 Harvey Mudd College 27 Scripps College 28 Bowdoin College 29 Occidental College 30 Washington College 31 University of Puget Sound 32 Oberlin College 33 Middlebury College 34 Skidmore College 35 Bryn Mawr College 36 Lake Forest College 37 The College of Wooster 38 Swarthmore College 39 Davidson College 40 Luther College 41 Lafayette College 42 Rhode Island School of Design 43 Willamette University 44 Lewis & Clark College 45 Pratt Institute-Main 46 St Olaf College 47 Mills College 48 Claremont McKenna College 49 Saint Michael's College 50 Maryland Institute College of Art

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