The Objective College Ranking

see ranking factor weights

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

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Key Ranking Factors

RankData FieldWeight
1Grand total (GR2013 4-year institutions Transfer-out students)955
2First-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)937
3First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (EF2013C Outlying areas total)784
4Enrolled part time women (IC2013)700
5Published in-state tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)681
6Enrolled part time total (IC2013)525
7Percent indicator of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities (IC2013)456
8Part time total (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)437
9Full time total (EF2013 All students Undergraduate total)299
10Adult basic remedial or high school equivalent (IC2013)200
11ACT Composite 75th percentile score (IC2013)180
12Percent of undergraduates who are formally registered as students with disabilities when percentage is more than 3 percent (IC2013)176
13First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C Outlying areas total)174
14First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months (EF2013C US total)163
15ACT Writing 75th percentile score (IC2013)163
16Applicants total (IC2013)130
17Full time women (EF2013B Undergraduate All age categories total)113
18Enrolled women (IC2013)108
19ACT Writing 25th percentile score (IC2013)107
20Published in-district tuition and fees 2013-14 (IC2013_AY)106
21Student-to-faculty ratio (EF2013D)103
22ACT Math 75th percentile score (IC2013)97