The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1University of Virginia-Main Campus
2The University of Texas at Austin
3University of Washington-Seattle Campus
4College of William and Mary
5University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
6University of Washington-Bothell Campus
7Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
8Virginia Military Institute
9Citadel Military College of South Carolina
10University of Wisconsin-Madison
11University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
12Virginia Commonwealth University
13University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14University of California-Los Angeles
15Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
16Texas A & M University-College Station
17University of Vermont
18Vanderbilt University
19University of California-Berkeley
20Clemson University
21Washington State University
22Norfolk State University
23The Evergreen State College
24The University of Virginia's College at Wise
25Ohio State University-Main Campus
26Central Washington University
27Brown University
28Radford University
29Cornell University
30University of Mary Washington
31Eastern Washington University
32Castleton State College
33University of Pennsylvania
34Washington and Lee University
35University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
36West Liberty University
37West Virginia State University
38Concord University
39University of Richmond
40Johnson State College
41Vermont Technical College
42Marshall University
43Southern Utah University
44Marquette University
45Middlebury College
46Rice University
47Lyndon State College
48Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary
49Columbia University in the City of New York
50Whitman 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
1Part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)997
2Grand total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)822
3Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)746
4Books and supplies 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)733
5ACT English 25th percentile score (IC2013)532
6Part-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)490
7Applicants men (IC2013)450
8Published out-of-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)429
9Fips County code (HD2013)390
10Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2012 cohort enrolled in fall 2013 (EF2013D)309
11ACT Math 25th percentile score (IC2013)271
12Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)261
13Enrolled men (IC2013)230
14Applicants women (IC2013)206
15Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores (IC2013)190
16First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)188
17Total women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)159
18Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)153
19Enrolled part time women (IC2013)151
20Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)135
21ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)132
22Enrolled full time women (IC2013)111
23Full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate (current year GRS cohort) (EF2013D)110
24Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)102
25Adult basic remedial or high school equivalent (IC2013)97