Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2017


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Rank


(rank change vs 2016)

College


Score


(Elo points)

Matchups


(Student decisions)

Peer Colleges

1 (4) Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
2330 413

Claremont McKenna College

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

2 (8) United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO
Nearby: Colorado Springs
2292 321

United States Naval Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

3 (1) United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
Nearby: New York, Newark, Bridgeport
2247 315

United States Naval Academy

United States Air Force Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

4 (1) United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Nearby: Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
2238 229

United States Air Force Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

5 United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT
Nearby: Hartford, West Hartford, Willimantic
2064 77

United States Merchant Marine Academy

United States Naval Academy

United States Military Academy

6 (—) Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Nearby: Portland, Lewiston, South Portland
2042 246

Colby College

Middlebury College

Bates College

7 (3) Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
2001 248

Williams College

Amherst College

Haverford College

8 (9) Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Nearby: Boston, Worcester, Manchester
1990 323

Smith College

Barnard College

Bryn Mawr College

9 (17) Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
1983 90

Scripps College

Claremont McKenna College

Occidental College

10 (9) Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
Nearby: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside
1964 245

Caltech

Pomona College

Claremont McKenna College

11 (27) Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
1953 173

Smith College

Bryn Mawr College

Wellesley College

12 (6) Berea College
Berea, KY
Nearby: Lexington, Fayette, , Frankfort, , Richmond
1897 194

Morehead State University

Eastern Kentucky University

Lindsey Wilson College

13 (57) Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
1879 85

Bard College

Bennington College

Marlboro College

14 North Central University
Minneapolis, MN
Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud
1861 50

Evangel University

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Northwestern College

15 (8) Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Nearby: Pittsfield
1843 295

Amherst College

Swarthmore College

Bowdoin College

16 Jamestown College
Jamestown, ND
Nearby: Jamestown
1842 54

Valley City State University

Mayville State University

University of Mary

17 (20) Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
1819 217

Sewanee-The University of the South

Davidson College

Kenyon College

18 (23) Smith College
Northampton, MA
1815 287

Mount Holyoke College

Wellesley College

Bryn Mawr College

19 (4) Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud
1811 477

Macalester College

Grinnell College

Bowdoin College

20 Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, OK
Nearby: Oklahoma City, Shawnee
1778 56

Oklahoma Christian University

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

University of Central Oklahoma

21 (1) Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Nearby: Colorado Springs
1775 202

Colby College

Bowdoin College

Grinnell College

21 (10) Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Nearby: Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland
1775 168

Mount Holyoke College

Smith College

Wellesley College

23 (38) Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN
Nearby: Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud
1771 338

University of St. Thomas

Gustavus Adolphus College

St Olaf College

24 Kendall College
Evanston, IL
Nearby: Chicago, Naperville, Michigan City
1765 54

College for Creative Studies

Center for Creative Studies - College of Art and Design

Culinary Institute of America

25 (2) Amherst College
Amherst, MA
1762 292

Williams College

Swarthmore College

Bowdoin College

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