The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
2University of Wisconsin-Madison
3The University of Texas at Austin
4University of Washington-Seattle Campus
5Ohio State University-Main Campus
6Marquette University
7Baylor University
8New York University
9Vanderbilt University
10Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
11Texas A & M University-College Station
12University of Virginia-Main Campus
13University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
14Texas Tech University
15Texas Christian University
16Virginia Commonwealth University
17Washington State University
18University of Richmond
19Cornell University
20Michigan State University
21Brown University
22University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
23Pacific Lutheran University
24Seattle Pacific University
25Seattle University
26Stephen F Austin State University
27Marshall University
28Temple University
29University of Puget Sound
30Clemson University
31Concordia University-Wisconsin
32University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
33Mount Mary University
34Wheeling Jesuit University
35University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
36Radford University
37University of Pennsylvania
38Bluefield State College
39Washington and Lee University
40College of William and Mary
41Middlebury College
42Southern Methodist University
43Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
44West Virginia Wesleyan College
45Walla Walla University
46Concord University
47University of Vermont
48Whitman College
49Maranatha Baptist University
50Lynchburg 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
1 972
2Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)855
3Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)776
4First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)744
5Full time women (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)595
6Revised bachelor's degree-seeking cohort (cohort year 2005) (GR200_13)575
7Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)490
8Total men (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)463
9Fips County code (HD2013)428
10Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus exclusions))407
11ACT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)407
12Percent indicator of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities (IC2013)339
13Admission test scores (IC2013)322
14Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)304
15Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)298
16Total women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)278
17Grand total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)263
18ACT English 75th percentile score (IC2013)252
19SAT Critical Reading 25th percentile score (IC2013)239
20Applicants total (IC2013)180
21SAT Critical Reading 75th percentile score (IC2013)165
22Enrolled part time men (IC2013)162
23SAT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)154
24Full-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)154
25Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)127
26SAT Writing 75th percentile score (IC2013)125
27Part time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)125
28ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)122
29Recreational or avocational (IC2013)81