The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Published in-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)971
2Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)742
3Secondary (high school) (IC2013)729
4ACT Composite 75th percentile score (IC2013)608
5Recreational or avocational (IC2013)473
6First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)391
7Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)377
8On campus room and board 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)374
9Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)369
10Total men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)349
11TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language (IC2013)322
12Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores (IC2013)278
13ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)265
14Enrolled part time total (IC2013)248
15Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)193
16Exclusions from part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)185
17Total women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)182
18First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C US total)178
19First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Foreign countries)177
20SAT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)125
21Enrolled part time women (IC2013)120
22Admissions women (IC2013)110
23Enrolled full time men (IC2013)80