The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

RankInstitution
1New York University
2George Washington University
3University of Southern California
4Harvey Mudd College
5Occidental College
6Wesleyan University
7Trinity College
8Scripps College
9Claremont McKenna College
10Chapman University
11Pepperdine University
12Emory University
13University of Miami
14Boston University
15Syracuse University
16Pomona College
17Boston College
18Brandeis University
19University of Chicago
20Saint Mary's College of California
21University of San Francisco
22Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
23Quinnipiac University
24Tufts University
25Williams College
26Cornell University
27Dominican University of California
28University of Denver
29Colorado College
30Loyola Marymount University
31Northwestern University
32Yale University
33Colby College
34School of the Art Institute of Chicago
35Rollins College
36Bowdoin College
37Loyola University Chicago
38Carleton College
39Amherst College
40Mills College
41American University
42Fordham University
43University of the Pacific
44Tulane University of Louisiana
45Oberlin College
46Johns Hopkins University
47Barnard College
48Babson College
49Vassar College
50Southern Methodist University
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)986
2Full time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)872
3Recreational or avocational (IC2013)748
4ACT English 75th percentile score (IC2013)741
5On campus room and board 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)713
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)674
7First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C US total)569
8Percent indicator of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities (IC2013)565
9Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)552
10Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus exclusions))547
11Part time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)521
12Revised bachelor's degree-seeking cohort (cohort year 2005) (GR200_13)498
13SAT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)489
14Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores (IC2013)488
15Total men (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)468
16Part-time retention rate 2013 (EF2013D)451
17Books and supplies 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)394
18TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language (IC2013)340
19Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Completers within 150% of normal time)308
20Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)258
21Secondary (high school) (IC2013)246
22ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)233
23Total entering students at the undergraduate level fall 2013 (EF2013D)226
24Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting ACT scores (IC2013)216
25Adult basic remedial or high school equivalent (IC2013)204
26Exclusions from full-time fall 2012 cohort (EF2013D)191
27Admissions total (IC2013)160
28Institution grants a medical degree (HD2013)148
29Part time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)136
30Continuing professional (IC2013)132
31Admissions men (IC2013)108
32Degree of urbanization (Urban-centric locale) (HD2013)97