The Objective College Ranking

Rank Institution 1 University of Southern California 2 New York University 3 Cornell University 4 Boston University 5 Columbia University in the City of New York 6 University of Pennsylvania 7 Northeastern University 8 Carnegie Mellon University 9 University of Chicago 10 Northwestern University 11 George Washington University 12 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 13 Stanford University 14 Boston College 15 Drexel University 16 Duke University 17 Syracuse University 18 University of Miami 19 Yale University 20 Johns Hopkins University 21 Fordham University 22 Washington University in St Louis 23 Dartmouth College 24 Brown University 25 University of Rochester 26 Tulane University of Louisiana 27 Tufts University 28 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 29 Vanderbilt University 30 Wesleyan University 31 Villanova University 32 Emory University 33 Bucknell University 34 Harvard University 35 Oberlin College 36 Trinity College 37 Vassar College 38 Brandeis University 39 Southern Methodist University 40 Occidental College 41 Williams College 42 Amherst College 43 Chapman University 44 Harvey Mudd College 45 Case Western Reserve University 46 Carleton College 47 Skidmore College 48 Hamilton College 49 Princeton University 50 Pepperdine 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 It is also our goal to give you the college ranking that is most appropriate for you. Hence, if you do not like this ranking, just refresh the page until you do. As noted above, every single ranking given by this page is purely objective and therefore can be relied upon to give accurate results.

Key Ranking Factors